Kareem Abdul Jabbar Quotes

• I’m not going to disappear.

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• I’m not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

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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 wanted to play baseball!

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• I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

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• I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

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

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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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• 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 think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

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

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• I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

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• I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

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

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• I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

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

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar (51)

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

About

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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