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Islam is about finding your own space.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 16
Actor
Author
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
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Islam
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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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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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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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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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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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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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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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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
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Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
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I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
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When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching
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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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I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
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Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.
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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 was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.
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