"When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That’s a terrible burden."
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Topic(s):
Positive
More From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- "I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available."
- "I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century."
- "I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That’s not normal, even for my age."
More In Positive
- "The world is really figuring BSE out, and that’s positive."― Mike Johanns
- "I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings."― Isabelle Adjani
- "Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive."― Brandon Thomas