Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

I pitched and I played the outfield.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I never thought then I'd be doing what I'm doing now. At my high school, being on the girls soccer team was the cool thing to do, but that was definitely never going to happen for me, so I played music. Not because everyone thought it was awesome, but for the love of it.

Kate Voegele
- Music
- Thought
- Awesome
One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!

Mac DeMarco
- Great
- Know
- Mom
I would love to have played Gollum.

Orlando Bloom
- Love
- Played
- Would
I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was trying to emulate on the keys. I wanted to do it for real. And it makes me look at the keys in a different way. So it's like I'm looking at the guitar and bass more like meat and potatoes and keys like coloring over top of it, you know.

D'Angelo
- Me
- Guitar
- Played
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Oscar Wilde
The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.

Zack Wheat
- Style
- Natural
- Played