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I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#available #basketball #become #been #coached

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#education #father #i #incredible #musical

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#defend #did #everyone #i #i think

I think I really benefited from going to college. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#college #going #i #i think #really

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#i #reporters #retreated #some #totally

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#fan #i #myself #play #play baseball

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#i #made #medicine #might #much

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

#black americans #book #civil #civil rights #context

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#both #cancer #dad #died #gene

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

#being #development #entertainment #inner-city #intellectual