List of Hakeem Olajuwon Quotes

Well, The Problem Is The Freedom That The Sport Gives You Without Getting To Politics. Unfortunately, You Cannot Now Separate It Because People Cannot Be Truthful; They Have To Be Politically Correct. There's No More Sincerity. What We Had Before Was Freedom Of Speech And Freedom Of Expression Without Judgement. That's Why I Don't Get Into Politics.

Sports Plays An Interesting Role In Society. The Greatest Sportsmen Have Platforms To Speak Out On Issues And Really Affect How The Public Thinks About Some Very Critical Issues Facing The World.

My Type Of Basketball Is About How To Create Space, How To Maneuver, How To Get Your Shot Off.

The Key To Fashion Is, You Don't Want To Look Like You're Trying. You've Gotta Be Natural.

I Remember At The 1996 Olympics In Atlanta, Shaq Always Wanted Me To Show Him Steps Over And Over.

In Many Ways, My Job In Soccer Was Like My Job In Basketball Now. I Had To Protect The Goal. That Was The Name Of The Game, Not Letting The Other Team Score.

I Love Fashion As Much As I Love Basketball! It Is A Great Joy For Me To Express Myself Through Designing My Own Collection.

I've Now Been In This Country For Thirteen Years, Since I Was Seventeen. So This Is My Second Home.

My Life Is Very Simple. I Like Simplicity And For My Time To Be My Own, So That I Have The Freedom To Devote The Majority Of It To Islam.

When I Was Playing, I Didn't Realize How Much Of An Impact I Would Make On People, Muslim Or Non-muslim. We Played A Lot Of Games During Ramadan. On National Tv, The Announcers Were Commenting About Ramadan, And This Raised The Awareness To The General Public And We Made All The Muslims Very, Very Proud.

When I Look At The System Here And Look At My Position - Not Just As A Basketball Player, But When I Look Around Me At The Values Of The People And The Culture And Compare Them With The Values Of Where I Came From - I Feel So Blessed To Be From Africa.

I Was Doing Just My Duty, But That Was Impacting A Lot Of People And Making Them Proud. So, I Feel So Grateful To Allah For Giving Me That Opportunity While I Had That Chance To Make That Impact. And Thankfully It Impacted All The People - More Than I Realized.