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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

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" LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. "

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" My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. "

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" Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math. "

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" I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. "

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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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