Best quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on People

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• ‟ When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

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• ‟ Music is really something that makes people whole.

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• ‟ 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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• ‟ Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

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• ‟ I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

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• ‟ I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

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• ‟ I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

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

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