top of page
"I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind."
Mind,
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Mind quotes

"Humans have better wings than birds: Human mind is a perfect wing and with this wing we can fly to some farthermost places no bird can ever dream! Yes, mind is a wing; and when it comes to flying man is the most sophisticated bird on earth!"

"You do not have a mind belongs to yourself! Your thoughts are the thoughts of your culture! When you speak, it is not you but your culture, your religion, your traditions, your political or spiritual leaders speak! If not you but your culture, your religion etc. are speaking on behalf of you, then what are you, who are you? A stupid puppet? Get a mind which belongs to yourself! Only then you will be able to speak with your own thoughts on behalf of your own self!"

"A moderate silence ensued. A neutral-to-slightly-positive silence. True, silence is still silence, except when you think about it too much."

"You're wrong. The mind is not like raindrops. It does not fall from the skies, it does not lose itself among other things. If you believe in me at all, then believe this: I promise you I will find it. Everything depends on this." "I believe you," she whispers after a moment. "Please find my mind."

"The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients."
Mind,

"Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation."
Explore more quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

"I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals."

"I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes."

"I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo."

"I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream."

"My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay."

"Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."

"A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group."
bottom of page