Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : April 16, 1947

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

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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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

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When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.

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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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

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I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

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Your mind is what makes everything else work.

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Practices were tough.

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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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I wanted to play baseball!

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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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