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I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
Actor
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Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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New York City
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Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
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The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
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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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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.
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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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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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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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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
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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 think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
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