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" In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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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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" 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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" My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. "

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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 feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go. "

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" I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy. "

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" 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 the adults had to pay. "

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" I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. "

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" After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap. "

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" I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family. "

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" I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. "

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" A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group. "

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" I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century. "

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