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106 quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.; April 16, 1947) is a retired American professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) 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 (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A...
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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... →

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You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

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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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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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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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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... →

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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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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... →

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

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

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

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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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