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" It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road. "
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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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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" If not shown appreciation, it gets to you. "
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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 always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. "
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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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" A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork. "
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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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" My health is fine. "
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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 the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. "
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" The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle. "
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" Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy. "
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" Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody. "
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" When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. "
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" I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball. "
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" Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. "
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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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" Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. "
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" I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. "
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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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