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Been Quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
- 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.
- The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
- 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.
- Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
- I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.
- I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
- I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
- My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
- The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball…
- The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!
- This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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