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I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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
Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how. — Vince Carter
Center is a very tough position to play. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've… — Wilt Chamberlain
And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a… — Wilt Chamberlain
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm not going to disappear. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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