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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. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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" Music is really something that makes people whole. "

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" Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to. "

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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 a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.' "

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" My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. "

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" I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. "

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" Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. "

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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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" 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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" I'm not going to disappear. "

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" I enjoy seeing new places. "

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" My health is fine. "

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" I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't. "

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" The game has basically not changed since I ended my career. "

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" The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change. "

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