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" This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. "
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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" I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. "
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" My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. "
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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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