Hakeem Olajuwon Basketball Quotes & Sayings

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try. — Hakeem Olajuwon

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. — Hakeem Olajuwon

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off. — Hakeem Olajuwon

I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection. — Hakeem Olajuwon

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. — Hakeem Olajuwon

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge. — Hakeem Olajuwon

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. — Hakeem Olajuwon