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You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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American
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Athlete
Born:
April 16
, 1947
You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports
,
How
,
Unless
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Think
,
I Think
,
Only
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Little Things
,
Winning
,
May
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Achieve
,
Go
,
More
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Leukemia
,
Deal
,
Very
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Everybody
,
Give
,
Enhances
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
Teacher
,
Been
,
Would
I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Islam
,
Correct
,
Saw
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ingredient
,
Crucial
,
Cannot
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My Life
,
Leukemia
,
Maintain
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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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Trying
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Athlete
,
Someone
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Musicians
,
Political
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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Game
,
Young
,
Players
Islam is about finding your own space.
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Islam
,
Own
,
About
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Think
,
Explain
,
Compete
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Been
,
Making
,
Biggest
Music is really something that makes people whole.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Music
,
Whole
,
Makes
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports
,
Development
,
Being
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Always
,
Defense
,
Pass
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Mind
,
Through
,
Resource
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Book
,
Black
,
More
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Think
,
Always
,
Been
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
School
,
High
,
Pursue
I enjoy seeing new places.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Places
,
New
,
Seeing
I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Love
,
Doing
,
Means
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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