Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis "Lew" Alcinder, Jr.

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.

The reason we’re here is to exercise personal responsibility, to evolve the higher self and to influence that development in others.