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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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  1. “Well, Mighty Sparrow, he's a hero in my house. But I had some routine like last month. I rote all the time. But the Jamaican restaurant in LA closed, I got to find another one. But I still sneak around and try and make sure I keep my roots foremost in my sights. Thank you for your question.”

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  2. “Get all this money because it really corrupts their work ethic and their humility and it's not good. I just haven't seen anything good come from it.”

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  3. “Which question do you want me to answer? The one and gun rule stinks, okay? It's bad for the game of basketball in college because all the talent doesn't stay there. It's bad for the pro game because the guys coming out of college that have done one and done are arrogant and think that they are primitive. They don't realize they are primadonists. And they expect that they're just going to be handed a job. They come in and try to dominate and they're not able to do that. So I don't think it's good for the game or for the individuals. The D-League is a good idea. I think it could all be solved if the Players Association in the NBA raise the age of entry into the NBA to 21. So then that means that some kid in high school isn't thinking, I'm going into the NBA in two or three years and I'm going to...”

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  4. “I think that the reason that Whole lot of great coaches have come out of UCLA is the guys aren't interested in coaching. The only one I know of that went on to coach is Brad Holland, who played with us in 1980. He ended up coaching at the University of San Diego. But none of the guys have had an interest in coaching. So I don't think you can... There's not much there You're probably right. I'm thinking that you're right. Yes”

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  5. “I think affirmative action has done a lot of good. It's been abused sometimes, but for the most part it has done good, especially for minorities and women. It's given them the opportunity to get a foot in the door. I think people who don't like to compete against minorities and women do the complaining because prior to that point they had priority. So now that the gates are wide open for anybody who can be successful, people want to try to eliminate women and minorities just because they feel that they're missing out on something. But I don't agree with that. Thank you.”

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  6. “Got to go with Greg. He gets his team to play well most consistently of all the coaches that I've seen out there. And I would give him credit, just the consistency. And plus, you got to give their front office credit for looking for players that fit into the system, players that can play defense and don't mind passing the ball. That's very important. And if you can't get players that have that attitude, it takes a while before they can buy into the team concept.”

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  7. “Dirk Nobisky shot is very hard to block. But I don't think that he was able to have a dominant career because he couldn't do other, if he could have shot like that and rebounded and play defense and block shots, then he would have been all around and he would have gotten more credit. But, you know, he was like a one-trick pony. But you want guys that can shoot like that on your team. I'm not saying that he lacked value, but he would have been considered at a higher level if he had done more on the court other than just shoot the ball.”

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  8. “I would say that Tim Duncan has had a better career just because they've been able to win more consistently and they didn't have to rely on Tim all the time. So Kobe has worn his body out. He's only like 36 years old and he's worn his body out and it's fallen apart because of the stress that he had to do just taking on the load that he had. That was that. And the second part?”

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  9. “His 13 years in the NBA, they only lost, they only didn't win the World Championship only twice, 11 World Championships and two losses. So I think Bill Russell certainly is not acknowledged by what he did because of the way they kept statistics. So I don't complain about those four years. I still, when I retired, I was the all-time leading leader in block shots, but I think Dikembe and Olajwan have passed me in statistics. But if they added my first four years, probably they wouldn't have done that. But I don't care about that. I had a wonderful career, and I don't sit up at night and say, god damn it, they didn't. Not worried about”

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  10. “1973 I missed my first four years in the NBA, they didn't count blocks as a statistic. But they missed all of Bill Russell's. They missed four years of mine. They missed all of Bill Russell's. And he dominated the league. They won 11 NBA championships in 13 years with Bill Russell at center, and we don't know how many shots he blocked. But he dominated the game. There's a thing on YouTube. It's called Block Art Bill Russell. If you go to YouTube, BlockArt Bill Russell, you'll see he just terrorized the leak. No one could shoot near the basket. He would block their shots near the basket and get all the defensive rebounds. He was a very superior rebound and pass it out for the Celtic fast break, which was the way they primarily attack the rest of the league.”

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  11. “I plead not guilty to that. Very few times I got called for walking because I didn't get to handle the ball much. They gave me the ball and it was time to score. As far as my assignment, my assignment was the score. I am the all time leading scorer of the NBA. I think I got my job done anyway.”

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  12. “I would say to them that unless they understand history, and I'm stealing again, they will be condemned to repeating it, which hasn't gone that well for most human beings. So, you know, they should understand that and try not to repeat the mistakes of people that have gone before us. That's what that's all about.”

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  13. “Well, let's see. You just mentioned six issues that have stumped the U.S. Congress and President Obama. I don't see how I could figure out a way through all of that. But all those issues are crucial to... What the future of the human race is going to be about. Earlier today, somebody complained about the snowfall, and I said, that's what we get for letting all these people in India burn coal. That's a fact. But how do we influence the state of India? It's very difficult. It's probably impossible. We just have to try to figure out some ways to deal with those issues and hope that we get a chance to get some leverage on them because they will absolutely affect the quality of life on Earth for all human beings going into the future.”

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  14. “Well, in a fair fight, I wouldn't have any issues with Bruce, so I don't think we would ever get to a fair fight. I gave him a lot of problems when we worked out because my arms were so long and I was agile enough to move and avoid him a little bit. So we never had any arguments that would engender a fair fight. So thank goodness for that. And the reason that I got to meet Bruce because I started studying martial arts while I was in college and I wanted to continue after I left New York and went back to school at UCLA. So somebody introduced me to Bruce and we developed a friendship and that's how our friendship evolved.”

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  15. “I'm sorry. You're here. My heroes. My heroes. Jackie Robinson, Joe Lewis. Wild Bill Hick And W.E.B. Du Bois. Malcolm X, Dr. King”

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  16. “No, Dr. J didn't do that. He did his own thing, where he didn't come back down and touch the ground for what seemed to be an inordinate length of time. But Dr. J didn't shoot the skyhook. But what was the first part of your question?”

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  17. “If you go to all of the NC2A Division I coaches today, many of them would give up an arm, a leg, or a favorite child to win the NC2A tournament. I'm convinced of that definitely. But Coach wasn't into that. His primary focus was that we learn a few things. And then if we did well in the NC2A tournament, that was okay. But he had his priorities right. He taught us in that way. Those of us who understand that have benefited greatly. I think his graduation rate was in the 60% of the guys that played for coach wouldn't get their degrees and graduated from UCLA. That's pretty amazing. The average for most Division I colleges is in the single digits.”

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  18. “Well, I can't give Coach Wooden enough credit for the example that he set in terms of integrity and just living a moral life. He was totally committed to his Christian faith and to teaching young men about basketball that would enable them to learn about how to be good citizens. He wanted us to be good citizens. He wanted us to be good parents. He wanted us to be good husbands and get our degrees. And that was his primary focus.”

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  19. “Well, I'm very pleased that I've been able to be successful in a way that enables me to be considered in the way that you just mentioned, that people would see me as a historian and commentator on life here in America. But that's why I went to UCLA, really, to get my education, to have that foundation in my life. So it's the reason that I went to college, and I guess that's the reason why I'm here tonight. Thank you for your question. Thank you.”

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  20. “Just in November on HBO documentary on my life story was done. It's called Kareem, a minority of one. So you can go on HBO online and you can see it. It's been done already.”

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  21. “Until they graduate. I think that is the minimum that they should get. And I think they should be given a stipend. It's not like we're going to make them rich, but give them money to live on so that they can have a life. I was going to UCLA. I couldn't work in the off season or anything like that in ways that the NC2A prescribed. But someone on an academic scholarship or the guys in the band, they could go and work. It wasn't equitable. So I think they should just think about a way to not exploit the athletes and give them the opportunity to be comfortable while they go to college.”

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  22. “I definitely think NC2A athletes should be paid. I think it will happen. I just remember someone explained to me how much money UCLA made by the fact that I was there and we won three consecutive NC2A champions. And he asked me, how much of that money did you get? And I said, none. And he said, you got to think about that. So, you know, that hasn't changed. So I think it should change because they're just exploiting the athletes. There's a way that they can be equitable about paying the athletes and taking what they take by providing a platform. But I think the athletes should be paid. They should be guaranteed, at least if they go to a college on scholarship. They should be guaranteed the fact that they could continue at that school.”

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  23. “I would have to say that, and I'm stealing this from somebody that I can't remember the quote I'm stealing, but life is short, but it's very wide. So try to get into the width of it and experience as many things as you can, and maybe you'll learn a few things.”

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  24. “I don't know. I don't know if I've gotten everything. And I certainly would not have the nerve to think that everybody here doesn't get something that I got. I just try to tell people that knowledge is power. You've got to accumulate as much power as you can. So that requires that you go to the library and that you read and experience life in ways that enable you to use that power.”

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  25. “That some very tough guys had 155 pounds. What you learn is just you can't have a preconceived idea of what is ideal for you as a martial artist. You have to go and experience some of the different martial arts and take from them what you can that works for you personally. And I think that is the way people train now, the ultimate fighting really is how Bruce trained very eclectically taking techniques and ideas from any of the different martial arts and using them. Bruce Lee thought that Sugar Ray Robinson was the best boxer that he ever saw. I'd have to agree with that.”

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  26. “Work very quickly in Hong Kong. We shot it in Hong Kong, and they worked very quickly in Hong Kong because they don't do audio. It was so noisy in Hong Kong during the time that the British ran the place that there was always traffic noise and people in the street 24-7. So they would do the audio portion of any movies that they made would be done in studio with the actors talking into microphones so they could get all the words to appear on the screen. And then they do sound effects separately also.”

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  27. “Yes, yes. I like reading Cotton Come through Harlem. I didn't like the movie. That's tough. You'd have to give me different genres and stuff and let me go through it. But I enjoy movies very much and hopefully we'll get Minecraft done as a movie”

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  28. “Oh, geez, why would you ask me that? I'm a big movie fan, so just classic movies, the Maltese Falcon. I totally enjoy that. I can continue. Shane. Tinkered Taylor Soldier Spine”

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  29. “No, I don't haven't because within my own heart I'm at peace with myself and how I've lived my life. I've tried to live it morally. But as far as Islamic communities are concerned, we've got work to do. It's pretty simple. But all communities really have work to do. It's not just Muslims. All of us, Muslim Christian, Jew or agnostic, we have work to do because our constitution and our traditions require that.”

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  30. “The minorities and the black people in Brazil and bring them into the economy because that will open up society to everybody. So, you know, these concepts aren't necessarily, the problems aren't necessarily exclusively coming from Islamic countries all over the world. Corruption and dishonesty by the ruling parties have made things more difficult.”

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  31. “In the other parts of the world, but here in America and Great Britain, as you mentioned, they can see how democracy works and see that it can work. I was cultural ambassador for Secretary of State Clinton, and they sent me to Brazil. And the people in Brazil were amazed that Barack Obama could be elected president. They said A black American could never be elected president. And we elected Barack Obama president. And that gave them a different idea about what democracy actually could do and achieve in their country in Brazil. And Brazil is trying to make an effort to be more inclusive. The wealth is unevenly distributed between whites and black Brazilians. They want to change that. They want to educate”

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  32. “I think it's our job to show what Islam actually is. And I'm happy about certain things that happen. I'm just talking about Southern California now, but a number of the Islamic organizations have gotten together. They've gone on drives for charity. They've opened up homeless shelters and done things to show that they care about America and they can appreciate the way America functions. And it's okay with them. As a Muslim, we have to show that we can get along with everybody. And that's not happening, unfortunately.”

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  33. “I'm more optimistic about those countries because they have a history of dealing with a lot of diverse beliefs. In Nigeria, you have people who worship idols and stuff, and you have Muslims, but they get along together. They don't say, well, geez, you don't think, well, like I think I got to kill you. Until this Boko Haram, these are again terrorists. But I think that it will continue to be like that. The one country that I saw after the, what they call it, the Arab Spring, Tunisia, and Tunisia has managed to make a move to democracy that's for real. And wow, that's the only country that made it that far. But you notice they don't have a lot of oil. So they're not trying to plot on each other next door at Libya. Just greed and avarice have really affected their mindset to the point where they can't do anything rational.”

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  34. “I was, as a young man, I was very optimistic about it. I'm not that optimistic about it now. It seems to be entrenched. Look at what's happening in Syria. The Assad family, they're not going to give up power. The only way that they will be removed from power is through military means. And that's not the way things are supposed to be going.”

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  35. “Of the corruption that I talked about earlier, the people who rule in the Islamic world, they don't care about that. They just want to hold on to political and military power and all the money. And that type of corruption has led to the really bizarre and undemocratic states that we see that populate the Muslim world.”

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  36. “Okay, I think in Islam, because you can't depict people or animals, they put all their artistic expression into architecture and abstract art. So in the Islamic world, buildings and books, et cetera, the carpets are developed. This interesting thing, Prophet said that the pictures of humans in carpets are okay because we walk on them and we're not showing that we are worshiping the pictures in the carpets because we walk on them with our feet. There is leeway there and ways of interpreting what the property had to say in ways that are logical and make sense for a modern society.”

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  37. “Right, and the Quran is the first of the books to guarantee women the right to divorce, the right to own property and to be in business. And as you can see in the Arab world, that's the first thing that they got rid of. So the way that Islam is interpreted in all those countries really goes contrary to a lot of what the Prophet said was the way to practice Islam. And it is for that reason that it comes across so bizarrely where people say, oh, we have this beautiful religion of Islam, but yeah, we have a lot of political prisoners. Don't worry about them. Well, they go hand in hand. And the fact that you can be unjust on that level, but say that Islam is beautiful and wonderful. Hypocrisy. And that's a very important thing, but that's what has happened.”

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  38. “They get the priority on goods, services, and resources. Everybody else can go to hell. And that is really what the problem is in the Islamic world. It just isn't a real democratic distribution of wealth, and there isn't a real equality of opportunity. The way they treat.”

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  39. “I know I think that has to do with the distribution of wealth. All those countries that you mentioned have a lot of mineral wealth, oil mainly, but some other mineral wealth. And the people who are in charge of the state want to keep a hold of the wealth. They don't necessarily care about the morality or the laws. They just want to keep control of the wealth. The man who ruled Indonesia for so long, Suharto, he had billions in the bank. And this is just this corruption is endemic in the Islamic world and the people in charge in the Islamic world say, well, we try to rule justly, but it's not. The family of the ruling party or the ruling clique, whatever it is.”

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  40. “have people let them have their own moral center and let them believe whatever they wanted to believe about their moral and spiritual center but we have a set of laws that everybody has to respect and obey that enable everyone to have equal opportunity”

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  41. “That are majority Muslim and fair governance, not being able to arrest somebody without charges, that's a given in the Western world, in the Islamic world. That wasn't the case. If Nasser didn't like you, you were going to jail, despite the fact that you hadn't broken any laws or committed any crimes. And that goes again and again for most of the states that are majority Muslim. So they really haven't had the opportunity to have an enlightenment. At a certain point, the people in Europe decided they weren't going to burn people who they considered to be heretics. They would have a just way to deal with it. In America, we figured it out by separating church and state, the ideal situation.”

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  42. “I do see what you're getting at. What I see is the fact that in Western Europe they had the Enlightenment where people realized that the inquisition was not the way to go. Burning people at the stake and torturing them and taking their property because they did not share the same religious beliefs as you did was unjust and not what Jesus of Nazareth taught his followers. The Muslim world has not had any opportunity to have an enlightenment. They went from the time of the Prophet, which is seen as the ideal time, to despots, kings and military rulers are the norm in the country.”

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  43. “Okay, in the NBA. So geez, I realized that my power of observation could maybe enable me to get some knowledge that other people might miss out on. And I paid attention. The classic tale I tell about my powers of observation had to do, we had to play Detroit. They had Bob Lanier, very fine center. And I heard the ball boys, I overheard them talking about They didn't like going in the locker room after halftime because Bob and the coach were nicotine fiends and they'd go in the shower and smoke cigarettes at halftime. So I heard that and I said, geez, if he's doing that, I realized that if I could get Bob to run a lot in the second half, he'd be in pain. And so I did. But just getting those little tidbits of information, they can open up doors for you that you might not appreciate.”

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  44. “He's only 27 years old this year, and he's not playing in the NBA. He hasn't played in a couple of years, and he's not going to make it because he wasn't able to follow through on really learning all the fundamentals. I would make him do the fundamentals every day before practice, and he just thought it was boring. But now that he's not getting paid like he was, I think he might have a different opinion about that. But it's too late now.”

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  45. “I tried to show you you came to this guy hook he wasn't interested but I did show him some things that he could do defensively and you know how to help his team and the next season after I worked with him he won defensive player of the year so I know I had some impact and he thanked me and I thank him for giving me the opportunity so it's worked out pretty well it was going well with Andrew Bino but finally finally got to sign his contract for $50 million and then at that point Andrew thought that I didn't know anything that he didn't have to listen to me and we don't know where Andrew is right now.”

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  46. “I think it has to do with just lotto fever. People want as much as they can get for as little effort. So a three-point shot is worth more. It's worth 50% more. A shot from inside the three point arc. There can be a strategy that says if you've got people that can make those shots, it's going to work to your advantage”

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  47. “And the fans aren't going to continue to enjoy that. But you got someone like Stephen Curry who can shoot close to 50% from three-point range, that ends up being an advantage for his team.”

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  48. “It's not hard to put the package together, but you have to want to put it together. These guys that are playing today, they don't want, it takes too much time. They get pushed. They don't like that. They want to be out there in the stratosphere shooting three pointers. It's wonderful. A lot of the games now deteriorate into a three-point shooting contest. And it's really made a lot of people start to criticize the game because just the other night Kobe shot like four for 18 from three-point range.”

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  49. “Of the guys playing now has really risen. But they're not teaching the young kids how to score in the paint with their back to the basket, and therefore they don't, a lot of them don't get to learn the hook shot, and they don't get to realize that if you get close to the basket, a lot more of your shots will go in. They don't seem to understand that. That was the first thing that I learned, and so I worked on that hook shot and learned how to get position closer to the basket where I could get my hookshot off.”

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  50. “Stephan Curry, who can shoot the ball, he can, I've never seen anybody shoot like that. I'll give you an explanation. They showed Stefan shooting 103-point shots in practice. He shot, he made 92 out of 100 from the three point arc, including 77 in a row. This is just practicing, right? So anybody that can shoot like that is on a different plane from all the guys that I played against and the people that I saw when I first started watching the game in 1960. I never seen anybody shoot the ball like that. And if that is the coming talent level of NBA players, they're going to be forgetting a lot about the guys that played in my era and the earlier eras of the NBA because the talent”

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