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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
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
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Lew Alcindor
Christianity
Isis
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Islam

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I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.
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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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Yoga is just good for you.
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Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
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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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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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Ignorance is not something that lends itself to a meaningful discussion.
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The saying, Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it doesn't just apply to politicians and world leaders, it applies to all of us on a daily basis.
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I think I really benefited from going to college.
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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'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
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I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
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I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'
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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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As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
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I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
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Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.
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After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
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