Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
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I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
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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 think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
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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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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 need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.
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I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
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I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
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I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
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Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
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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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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
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I pitched and I played the outfield.
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I think I really benefited from going to college.
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I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.