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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pendidikan
You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kehidupan
I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Perjuangan
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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Waktu
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Keluarga
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Motivasi
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pendidikan
I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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Keluarga
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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Keluarga
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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kehidupan
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Seni
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pendidikan
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kehidupan
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pendidikan
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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pendidikan
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kehidupan
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Pendidikan
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Motivasi
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Keluarga
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
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Keluarga
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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