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I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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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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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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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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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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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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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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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 always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.
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If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.
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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
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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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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 enjoy seeing new places.
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I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. That might be anything at the time - defense, rebounding, passing. I get great satisfaction out of being a team player.
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