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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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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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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When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.
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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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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
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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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There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.
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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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