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Athlete Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
- OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
- Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
- My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
- 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…
- Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't…
- Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
- Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.
- Dear Scottie, I have nothing but respect for you my friend as an athlete and knowledgeable basketball mind. But you are way off in your…
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