#ld

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#extension #i #job #model #other

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

#compete #explain #how #i #i think

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#choice #evolution #evolved #i #i think

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#coaching #could #good #good job #i

I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#just #like #matter #seeing #where

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have. ↗

— Tom Allen

#maine #only #part #should #welcome

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#crazy #drive #me #questions #reporters

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases. ↗

— Tom Allen

#cell research #cures #diseases #finding #holds

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#doctor #had #i #me #scared

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's? ↗

— King Abdullah II

#compromises #concessions #during #freedom #gifts