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Your mind is what makes everything else work.

~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

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My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

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I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

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I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

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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.

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My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

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My health is fine.

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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: April 16th, 1947

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