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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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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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Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.
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Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.
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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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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've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion for baseball.
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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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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 rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
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You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
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Ignorance is not something that lends itself to a meaningful discussion.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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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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Center is a very tough position to play.
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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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For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.
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I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.
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I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
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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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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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