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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
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Basketball Coach
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Film Producer
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New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
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People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion.
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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 have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.
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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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I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
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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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The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
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Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.
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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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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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I got all A's and was hated for it I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
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