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Kareem Abdul Jabbar Inspirational Quotes (116)

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You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
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[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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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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I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
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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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I needed to go to class I needed to go to practice I needed to have a life away from basketball.
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People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.
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I got all A's and was hated for it I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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I think I really benefited from going to college.
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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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Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through. We can see better where we're going, what sudden drop to avoid, where the cool water is running.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
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There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.
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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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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.
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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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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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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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Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team reunion at Red Lobster. They were a great bunch of guys and we accomplished a lot together. That's something you don't forget.
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