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I enjoy seeing new places.

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
Jr.
Lew Alcindor
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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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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
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The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
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I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
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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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[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.
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You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
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I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
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