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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I hope to be involved in a successful movie script. I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The game has basically not changed since I ended my career. The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong. I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy. Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: My biggest resource is my mind. My biggest resource is my mind.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success. I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam. I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for. Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream. I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year. The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously. Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream. High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck. I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals. I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit. As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game. A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence. When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Pride goeth before destruction," he quoted, "and a haughty spirit before a fall. Pride goeth before destruction," he quoted, "and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them. Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success. There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly. When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys. I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: 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. 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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where. I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever. The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age. I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players. What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me. I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family. I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't. I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: 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 someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding. The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated. I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Well, I'm a professional. Well, I'm a professional.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up. I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game. The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group. A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Islam is about finding your own space. Islam is about finding your own space.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap. After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap. There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get. Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball. I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz. We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: You cant win unless you learn how to lose. You cant win unless you learn how to lose.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: One man cannot make a team. One man cannot make a team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light. I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I wanted to play baseball! I wanted to play baseball!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed. Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories. When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems. I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since. Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much. You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: You can't win if you don't play as a unit. You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think I really benefited from going to college. I think I really benefited from going to college.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father. I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now. If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true. The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers. I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back! The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end. Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Center is a very tough position to play. Center is a very tough position to play.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court. I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement. Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team. Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road. It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism, More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: My health is fine. My health is fine.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can't be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing. Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can't be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go. I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that. He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I'm the baddest among the bad guys. I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: 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. 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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution. I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore. The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum. With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier. During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes: I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.' 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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