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I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
Actor
Author
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
Brooklyn
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Dodgers

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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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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.
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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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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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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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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.
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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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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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We can learn from mistakes of others, whether they're kings or our parents. When we do learn those lessons, we're better equipped to make our own dreams come true.
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I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
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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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Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
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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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I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
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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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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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I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
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