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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

I wanted to play baseball!

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Play

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

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Islam

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

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Islam

Spiritual

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

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Equality

Trying

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

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Road

Years

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

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.

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Choice

Evolution

My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

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Boston

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.