Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
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When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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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.
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The saying, "Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it" doesn't just apply to politicians and world leaders, it applies to all of us on a daily basis.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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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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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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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.
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I think I really benefited from going to college.
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Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
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I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.
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As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
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Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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Islam is about finding your own space.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
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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.
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I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.
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You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
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My biggest resource is my mind.
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One man cannot make a team.
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I don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates. I've known enough drug users-going as far back as grade school and the streets of New York-not to view them as pariahs or lost souls. I've certainly smoked more than my quota of weed.
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But all was not sunshine and Marvin Gaye songs. [UCLA] also recruited black students as part of a High Potential Program that was meant to bring diversity to the campus. Two of the students that were part of that program were Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr., both members of the Black Panther Party's Southern California Chapter.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.
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Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.
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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.
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