My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood ce...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the a...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them ar...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Islam is about finding your own space.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it&...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, y...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of ...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the sta...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because s...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. ...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the librar...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Your mind is what makes everything else work.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall....
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do -...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That'...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the li...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that yo...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was ex...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew a...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succ...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good t...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You can't win unless you learn how to lose.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphas...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I pitched and I played the outfield.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don’t ever forget that you...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post ...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR [In his 1983 autobiography,] Giant Steps, ... Either because I was an athlete or because I was black...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR He's agile, he's quick. Everything you need, he's got. He's got all the equipment. He doesn't know h...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about ...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opp...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I'm not going to disappear.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR My health is fine.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Music is really something that makes people whole.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR Practices were tough.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR It's been a long time and a whole lot has happened, and it's really a pleasure and a great opportuni...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR A guy walks in and says, 'Can I have a million bucks?' How do you know they are good for it?
KAREEM JALAL Life is a dance between what keeps us going and what is holding us back
SESAN KAREEM Simplicity is the friend of execution
SESAN KAREEM the secret to success is massive execution
SESAN KAREEM Our choices determine our future
SESAN KAREEM Life is too short to major the MINOR and MINOR the major. Make the main thing the main thing and the...
SESAN KAREEM The success of it will depend on his ability to convince people he's not against kids — he's agains...
KAREEM CRAYTON It really feels good to be recognized with some of the other top players. I didn't really expect it.
KAREEM CARTER They are real scrappy and athletic. They gave us everything they had.
KAREEM CARTER I had to do it. My team needed me to grab the rebound and score.
KAREEM CARTER I was surprised because I didn't think people looked for all-stars in a little city like Columbus. B...
KAREEM CARTER They had started to get the momentum, and we had to take it back.
KAREEM CARTER This is a big win for us. Troup played for the state championship last year, and we are trying to pr...
KAREEM CARTER It's critically important to know that there are more commonalities than differences. A lot of that ...
KAREEM AFZAL God sustains, cherishes and loves. He is who we answer to. ... In the end God decides what the fate ...
KAREEM AFZAL We, as a community, need to do a better job of being better community members. Mosques have become i...
KAREEM AFZAL No. 1 is dealing with their teachers; they feel like say a teacher is wrong - no one wants to believ...
KAREEM EVANS It's not your normal classroom setting; we sit around in a circle, where they have free range to tal...
KAREEM EVANS We are at Armstrong Middle School, and we are actually trying to get into Bowman Middle School.
KAREEM EVANS We go into some of the schools and work with some of the kids, these the kids who are troubled, whet...
KAREEM EVANS A sense of friends is important, to be a part of something. Many of them that are in gangs aren't in...
KAREEM EVANS There is a presence here, but it's not what people think it is. It's not like it is in Dallas -- not...
KAREEM EVANS The mass market has really exploded here. More and more people in their mid-20s and mid-30s are comi...
KAREEM JALAL Last time we played them it was a high-tempo game. Fresno's going to get out and run, and we're goin...
KAREEM LLOYD It sucks and it hurts, too. We seem to back down to the better teams in the conference.
KAREEM LLOYD Pretty much how the conference is is the teams that struggle are on the bottom, and then the top fou...
KAREEM LLOYD [Sapp is one of the more than 300 players who weigh at least 300 pounds. So is Giants offensive tack...
KAREEM MCKENZIE You want to go into the playoffs winning and get that swagger about yourself. If you go into the pla...
KAREEM MCKENZIE Right now is the time you want to start winning. Win on the road, then go to the playoffs and keep w...
KAREEM MCKENZIE If you?re not winning you don?t feel all that good about yourself, and then teams look at what you h...
KAREEM MCKENZIE You want to go to the playoffs winning, so you can get that swagger about yourself.
KAREEM MCKENZIE There's still some growing pains to go through and some things he needs to work on himself like we a...
KAREEM MCKENZIE To compete that next weekend I would've thought was a setback because it wouldn't have given people ...
KAREEM MCKENZIE It really shouldn't make that big of a difference, if you think about it.
KAREEM MCKENZIE You really don't like that, ... because it really kind of dawns on you that it's sort of a slap in t...
KAREEM MCKENZIE You think of all the sacrifices that people made before you so you can enjoy the freedom you have, p...
KAREEM MCKENZIE We had a hard time finding him for some reason.
KAREEM RODRIGUEZ We didn't have anything on him in our game plan.
KAREEM RODRIGUEZ The shots that usually go down weren't going down. It was one shot and out for us.
KAREEM RODRIGUEZ To beat the champion, you've got to take it to them. We had to attack them and put the pressure on t...
KAREEM RODRIGUEZ When we came back from down seven (points) late against Fort Myers, I knew these guys had something ...
KAREEM RODRIGUEZ He's clutch. We had the ball in the right person's hands. He's not afraid to shoot. He's not afraid ...
KAREEM RODRIGUEZ It was a battle. But in the fourth quarter they made bigger plays than we did.
KAREEM RUSH The shots were going down. The first couple went down and once that happens for me the game opens up...
KAREEM RUSH Coach Q was a great coach when I was there, but he had a rocky last couple of years. It's unfortunat...
KAREEM RUSH Knocking down big shots when your team needs you. That's what basketball is all about. Tonight was a...
KAREEM RUSH Tonight was a big win, hopefully we can continue to push forward and finish this first half off well...
KAREEM RUSH I weighed my options and it turned out that Charlotte was the best place for me. I weighed everythin...
KAREEM RUSH The pressure was there to keep taking shots but when you're not making them you don't want to take a...
KAREEM RUSH It's a matter of guys stepping up and knocking 'em down. The bench didn't come through [Sunday].
KAREEM RUSH There is time for everything, if everything is done in time.
FEROZE KAREEM VELLUKUZHI For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need ...
PAULA ABDUL Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real c...
PAULA ABDUL I think the problem (of violence) is increasing and people have to decide whether they will solve it...
ABDUL ZAEEF Afghanistan needs reconciliation but I don't think the Americans want to negotiate.
ABDUL ZAEEF They accused me of anything, anything at all, but they had no evidence.
ABDUL ZAEEF These tribunals were not courts. I had no rights.
ABDUL ZAEEF Where is the evidence? Where is the proof? We are not going to do this.
ABDUL ZAEEF It has angered Muslims of the world and can plunge the whole region into a crisis. We are ready to c...
ABDUL ZAEEF That the opposition forces have made advancement is a mere lie. The opposition have no support among...
ABDUL ZAEEF Those who have tried to put their own preferred leaders in Afghanistan paid a very high price for th...
ABDUL SATTAR We are prepared to enter into a dialogue with India at any place, at any level, anywhere, at any tim...
ABDUL SATTAR We talked also about nuclear issues, and I have informed the secretary of state that Pakistan will m...
ABDUL SATTAR It is really impossible for these people to go out and vote,
ABDUL SATTAR President Clinton has displayed unique qualities to bring parties in a conflict to the negotiating t...
ABDUL SATTAR Our fears have been born out by the reports of several international humanitarian agencies, which ha...
ABDUL SATTAR There has been no change whatsoever in the capability of Indian forces massed on our borders and the...
ABDUL SATTAR The government can't just sew together an outfit and dress the people up by force. We do not see our...
ABDUL SATTAR We are ready to cooperate with any effort or good offices by the United Nations or the international...
ABDUL SATTAR Of course, the assumption that Pakistan is in a position to exercise complete influence is flawed.
ABDUL SATTAR These brutal attacks are as horrendous, terrorist acts as any in the world. America has always chose...
ABDUL SALAM I'm certain this will open a new page in Libya's foreign relations,
ABDUL SALAM This (report of a high-level Taliban defection) was a complete lie. (It's) part of the propaganda ag...
ABDUL SALAM According to Islam, the blood of anyone who spies for the enemy or sympathizes with it in time of wa...
ABDUL SALAM If they want to show their might, we are ready and we will never surrender before might and force,
ABDUL SALAM The world is coming together now and we want to be part of this world.
ABDUL SALAM It was a well-organized plan and Osama has no such facilities.
ABDUL SALAM It is premature to level allegations against a person who is not in a position to carry out such att...
ABDUL SALAM We want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts f...
ABDUL SALAM We can't say what it would cost now because we haven't done an up-to-date feasibility study yet.
ABDUL SALAM This is just the beginning We will fight till the day of persecution is over.
ABDUL REEKI No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian governm...
ABDUL REEKI If they hang all the 16 of our colleagues, we do not mind because we know they would be martyrs and ...
ABDUL REEKI We will chop their heads once our deadline is over.
ABDUL REEKI Doctors say that the recovery process is going to be slow because the infection is severe and will t...
ABDUL RAZZAQ I have been advised to rest for one week and have undergone tests on a chest infection. The high fev...
ABDUL RAZZAQ It is a terrible blow to me to fall ill at this time just when India is due to arrive in Pakistan.
ABDUL RAZZAQ If we hand the relief items to police we are not sure it will reach the victims.
ABDUL RAZZAQ We have gone back 100 years. Our businesses are finished and we don't know where to start from.
ABDUL RAZZAQ Both (of the dead) were Pakistani nationals.
ABDUL RASHID Both (of the dead) were Pakistani nationals,
ABDUL RASHID We are part of Afghanistan, ... The central government has called us. We are responsible to come and...
ABDUL RASHID It's close to democracy, if not true democracy. Our problems are being solved.
ABDUL RASHID There's no end to the influx. People are coming in scared to death, with nothing but the clothes on ...
ABDUL RASHID If India gives us aid we would welcome it.
ABDUL RASHID Our children area crying and we have no food or water -- we have nothing,
ABDUL RASHID I just wanted something to eat.
ABDUL RASHID It was a deafening explosion. Window panes of all the buildings here were smashed by the impact of t...
ABDUL RASHID What the government gave is a pittance. To reconstruct my home I need about 200,000 rupees. Now beca...
ABDUL RASHID We will not allow God to be humiliated. We will call on the people to pull him into pieces so there'...
ABDUL RAOULF He is not mad. The government is playing games. The people will not be fooled. This is humiliating f...
ABDUL RAOULF The government is playing games. The people will not be fooled.
ABDUL RAOULF Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This man must die.
ABDUL RAOULF The DTP is the latest privileges that the DCCI offers to its members as it opens for them a gate int...
ABDUL RAHMAN The DTP is the latest service that the DCCI provided to its members of businessmen and investors aim...
ABDUL RAHMAN The DCCI is still ready to extend all possible facilities and cooperation with the business communit...
ABDUL RAHMAN Dubai, as a leading regional trading hub, provides access to outstanding potential, large and growin...
ABDUL RAHMAN They really worry about the future ... because they don't have any shelter, any food. I think they h...
ABDUL RAHIM We don't want anything special; the only thing we want is the atmosphere and facilities to be educat...
ABDUL RAHIM Before the killing, soldiers came into our village and tried to make friends. They offered sweets,
ABDUL RAHIM nothing to do with chemical weapons.
ABDUL RAHIM I will vote for anyone who will help my country.
ABDUL RAHIM Every time they told me they were in the dark. I had to turn back,
ABDUL RAHIM I, as the Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysia Police, assume full responsibility,
ABDUL RAHIM Some are angry at the government and sympathize with the insurgents,
ABDUL RAHIM I am really confused about what is going on.
ABDUL RAHIM I do not see that happening either from the Indian side or from the Pakistani side. A day's delay is...
ABDUL RAHIM Yes, I handed my son over to the police because he was a Christian. Now I will respect whatever the ...
ABDUL MANAN Everyone loves his country but there is no peace and land is occupied by other people. When I first ...
ABDUL MANAN One day I told him, if you do as a Muslim does every day, pray five times a day, then you do not hav...
ABDUL MANAN He is my son. But if a son does not care about the dignity of his family, God can take him. You cann...
ABDUL MANAN We are Muslim, our fathers were Muslim, our grandfathers were Muslim. Imagine if your son told a pol...
ABDUL MANAN The winning bidders should make shipments through sea, rail or land routes within 15 days of the ope...
ABDUL MALIK Everybody should be proud today. The Taliban can do nothing to stop this election.
ABDUL MALIK If we talk about jobs, there are none. It's hard to find a wife if there is no money in my pocket.
ABDUL MALIK We have received six wounded people from the bombing and they say that three civilians ... had died,
ABDUL MALIK Shahid Sayed Akhtar used to prescribe medicines whenever we people got cold, fever and other minor a...
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