Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes About Basketball
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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 think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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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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Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
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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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Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
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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 love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.
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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.
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One man cannot make a team.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.
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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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As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
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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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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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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.
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I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
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I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.
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I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.
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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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I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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