Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Jobs, Children

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• If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Education, Hard Work

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated

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• My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Spiritual, Political

  "TalkAsia" with Stan Grant, edition.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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• Islam is about finding your own space.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Space, Islam, Findings

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Islam, Trying

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Heritage, Slave

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• One man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Team, Victory

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• When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Ucla, Play, Important

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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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.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Emotional

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• My English teacher, Dr. John Lindstrom, taught me an appreciation for the written word. Until his class, I'd dabbled in journalism and essay writing. But when he selected one of my essays as the best in the class, it gave me the confidence to see myself as a writer.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Teacher, Appreciation, Writing

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Who I Am, Students

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• [Albert] Hoxie, my Western Civilization professor. I had him in my freshman year and he opened up an extraordinary world to me that I've never forgotten. He used his extensive knowledge of art history to illustrate the development of Western culture and politics.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Art, Years, Civilization

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• I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Attributes, Variety, Capable

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• High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Dream, School, Opportunity

  "Transitioning From Athlete To AuthorHas Opened A Colorful New World". Blivin, J., kareemabduljabbar.com. June 19, 2012.

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• When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Nba, Coaching

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• We can learn from mistakes of others, whether they're kings or our parents. When we do learn those lessons, we're better equipped to make our own dreams come true.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Dream, Kings, Mistake

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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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.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Killers, Way, Serious

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• I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Historian, Nobody Knows, Feels

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• I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Thinking, America, People

  "Abdul-Jabbar Admires Athletes Who Make An Activist Statement". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, kuow.org. September 2, 2016.

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• I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Thinking, Lakers

  "Chat Transcript: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar". www.nba.com.

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Nba, People

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Ideas, People

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• More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Believe, Racism, Ghost

  "What Are The Gobshites Saying The Days?" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. May 5, 2014.

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• Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Sports, Jobs

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