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I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
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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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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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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 enjoy seeing new places.
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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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I don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates. I've known enough drug users-going as far back as grade school and the streets of New York-not to view them as pariahs or lost souls. I've certainly smoked more than my quota of weed.
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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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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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Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
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