Kareem Abdul Jabbar Quotes

• You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.

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

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• I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

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• The transition was difficult. It’s hard to stop something that you’ve enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

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• Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

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• My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

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• I didn’t really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

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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 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 wanted to play baseball!

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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 think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

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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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• In athletics there’s always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you’re not cheating. I think that’s just a quirk of human nature.

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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 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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• The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

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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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• 1933 - William Luther Pierce
• 1855 - William Mulholland
• 1953 - Tommy Shaw
• 1903 - Theodor W. Adorno
• 1958 - Scott Gordon Patterson

Deaths

• 1958 - Robert W. Service
• 2001 - Barbara Olson
• 1948 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• 2002 - Kim Hunter
• 1987 - Peter Tosh