Famous Quotes

"The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Health

More quotes about Health

• "To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

  Buddha on Health

• "The wish for healing has always been half of health."

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Health

• "A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier."

  Tom Stoppard on Health

• "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."

  John Muir on Health

• "'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes."

  Henry David Thoreau on Health

More quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

• "I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age."

• "Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them."

• "The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change."

• "My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it."

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