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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born on April 16, 1947, was an American professional basketball player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He spent his entire NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning six NBA championships, and was named the NBA MVP six times and a First Team All-Star 19 times. Known for his iconic skyhook shot and exceptional statistical achievements, Abdul-Jabbar left an indelible mark on the sport.

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“If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity”

Ifs Christianity Islam Isis Kkk

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“If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.”

Ifs Teacher Player Basketball Basketball Player History Teacher

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“If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.”

Ifs Appreciation

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“A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.”

Ifs Motivational Individual Sacrifice Groups Team Willing Basketball Appreciate

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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.”

Ifs Thinking Humans Looks Human Nature Like You Basketball Cheating Willingness Cheat Athletic Athletics Quirks

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“OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.”

Ifs Inspirational Doubt Basketball Athlete Scholar

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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.”

Ifs Thinking Way Needs Long Ideas Hard Happens Goal Education Poverty Hard Work Basketball Things Happen Practicals Lasting Willingness Realistic Long Lasting Realistic Goals Lasting Change

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“The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.”

Ifs Way Deals Serious Beats Determined Instance Killers Frightening Leukemia

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“But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows I Can Eye Action Games Teach Player Fans Media Basketball Coaches Interaction Oklahoma

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“All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.”

Ifs Firsts Black Courage Player Hero Basketball Majors Baseball This Day Baseball Player Jackie Competitiveness

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“I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.”

People Ifs Knows Kind Light Saws Basketball

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“You can't win if you don't play as a unit.”

Ifs Play Winning Basketball Units Can't Win

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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.”

Ifs Might Able Blood Health Type Doctors Lifestyle Health Care Instruction Minimum Living My Life Good Health Disruption Leukemia Meds

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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.”

Ifs Has Beens Real Done Jobs Teacher Real Jobs History Teacher

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

Ifs Made Different Stories Might Right Now Medicine

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“I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'”

People Ifs Thinking Might Opportunity Stars Acting

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About the Author

Born: April 16, 1947
Known for: Basketball player
Quotes: 187

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