Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

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  • 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.
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  • The transition was difficult. It`s hard to stop something that you`ve enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
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  • You can`t win unless you learn how to lose.
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  • Black people don`t have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
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  • Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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  • I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
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  • My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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  • My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn`t have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
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  • I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
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  • I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
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  • I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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  • When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That`s a terrible burden.
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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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  • A team will always appreciate a great individual if he`s willing to sacrifice for the group.
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  • Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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  • I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
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  • Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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  • You can`t win if you don`t play as a unit.
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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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  • Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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  • My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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  • It`s hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
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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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  • Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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  • I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
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  • I wanted to play baseball!
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  • When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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  • 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.
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  • I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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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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  • I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
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  • I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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  • I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
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  • I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
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  • I`m not going to disappear.
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  • I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
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  • 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.
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  • As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
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  • The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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  • 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.
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  • Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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  • I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
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  • The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
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  • Center is a very tough position to play.
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  • I didn`t really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
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