Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quotes
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“You can't win unless you learn how to lose.”
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“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”
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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.”
-- Kareem Abdul-JabbarSource : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated
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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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“Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.”
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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”
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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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“A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.”
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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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“Your mind is what makes everything else work.”
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“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.”
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“I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.”
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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.”
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“I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.”
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“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”
-- Kareem Abdul-JabbarSource : "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.
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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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“The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.”
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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 Quotes #Motivational Sports Quotes #Emotional Quotes
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“I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.”
-- Kareem Abdul-JabbarSource : "NBA legend to make keynote speech at ALA President’s Program". www.ala.org. November 6, 2007.
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“I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.”
-- Kareem Abdul-JabbarSource : "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.
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“High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.”
-- Kareem Abdul-JabbarSource : "Transitioning From Athlete To AuthorHas Opened A Colorful New World". Blivin, J., kareemabduljabbar.com. June 19, 2012.
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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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“Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.”
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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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“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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“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”
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“It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.”
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“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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“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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“I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.”
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“I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.”
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