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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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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The Sixties was a perfect storm of disaffection with political leaders trying to pass off the same old platitudes to maintain the status quo and an unexpected courageousness in the masses of youth. Nothing on this scale had ever happened before in U.S. history and it hasn't happened since.
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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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This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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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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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
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More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism.
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I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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Ignorance is not something that lends itself to a meaningful discussion.
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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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If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity
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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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I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.
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If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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I read that Hollywood wanted to film Fences years ago with a white director, but [August] Wilson refused. He thought that the director needed to have lived the culture of black Americans.
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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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Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.
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