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"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."
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"If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable."
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"Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us similar to the rest of the animal kingdom. But the modern qualities that make us superior to all the animals are intellect and self-control."
"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."
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"I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself."
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"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."
"Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak."
"When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly."
"I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American."
"Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody."
"I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals."
"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."
"I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes."
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