37 ordspråk av Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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 turned down an offer of Willis Reed and Walt Frazier for Kareem, because both those guys were in their 30s.
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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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I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
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If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.
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It's been a long time and a whole lot has happened, and it's really a pleasure and a great opportunity for me to be back with the Lakers and be given this opportunity to help them get back on the winning track,
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It's been a long time and a whole lot has happened, and it's really a pleasure and a great opportunity for me to be back with the Lakers and be given this opportunity to help them get back on the winning track.
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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.
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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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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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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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People have suggested that, ... It would be interesting for about a minute and a half, and then they'd have to get the oxygen truck.
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That's when my hopes went up because I know that I can help him do that, ... He'll be a good student and I'm sure that the Lakers will be happy with the progress he makes.
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That's when my hopes went up because I know that I can help him do that. He'll be a good student and I'm sure that the Lakers will be happy with the progress he makes.
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The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since.
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