Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarRead
Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the importance of breath control and yoga in enhancing athletic performance and preventing injuries.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar emphasizes the connections between basketball and yoga, particularly the vital role of breath control in both disciplines. He shares his experience of integrating yoga techniques into his basketball practice, noting that it not only improved his performance but also served as an effective preventive measure against injuries, underscoring the holistic benefits of yoga for athletes.
Themes
BasketballYogaBreath ControlInjury PreventionEndurance
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech at a sports clinic.
More from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
All quotes →I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarRead
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarRead
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarRead
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarRead
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarRead
Similar quotes
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
Bill ShanklyRead
Can you do inter-gender matches? Ronda Rousey and our match at Wrestlemania - sure, it can be done. Women don't need a man in their match to steal the show. They just need an equal platform and opportunity, and if the women have it, they will work just as hard, if not harder, than anybody else to steal that show.
Triple HRead
I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.
Jimmy ConnorsRead
Football is oneness in action. When played well, it is unity on display. Players come from different races and different backgrounds. However, when they get on the field, they harmonize their differences toward a common goal.
Tony EvansRead
A lot of people wish they could be in the house with the greatest of anything. I just so happened to live across the hall from absolutely, positively the greatest women's basketball player ever.
Reggie MillerRead
Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.
Johan CruijffRead