Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done"

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"What separates the good players from a great player is that a great player is willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"A team will always appreciate a great individual if he’s willing to sacrifice for the group."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don’t ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"It’s OK to make mistakes. That’s how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes"

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"It’s OK to make mistakes. That’s how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"You can’t win unless you learn how to lose."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar