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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 race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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People

Challenge

" I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. "

" Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them. "

" Islam is about finding your own space. "

" My health is fine. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Fine

Health

" If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now. "

" You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much. "

" I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

End

Expect

" Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. "

" When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. "

" When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. "

" Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team. "

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

" I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Well, I'm a professional. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Professional

Well

" I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. "

" I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. "

" I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball. "

" I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father. "

" I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. "

" Your mind is what makes everything else work. "

" I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. "

" I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. "

" What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells. "

" One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. "

" I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Where

Just

" This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. "