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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream. (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

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If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.

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I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

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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.

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I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.

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I enjoy seeing new places.

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Practices were tough.

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Music is really something that makes people whole.

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Yoga is just good for you. (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

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This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

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I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

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I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.

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Islam is about finding your own space.

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Well, I'm a professional.

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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.

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If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

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All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

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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-Jabbar)

I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.

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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

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I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.

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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.

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Occupation: American Baseball Player
Born: April 16, 1947
Quotes count: 114
Wikipedia: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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