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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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• A team will always appreciate a great individual if he’s willing to sacrifice for the group.

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• I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

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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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• Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and knowledgeable basketball mind. But you are way off in your assessment of who is the greatest player of all time and the greatest scorer of all time. Your comments are off because of your limited perspective.

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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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• 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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• It’s hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

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• You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go… Don’t ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

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• I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

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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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• As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

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• Black people don’t have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

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• Center is a very tough position to play.

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• Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

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• Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.

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• I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

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• I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

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• I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

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• I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar (51)

Birth:	16th April, 1947
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Athlete

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member.

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