Kareem Abdul Jabbar on LeBron James breaking his record.

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[republianmushroom]

1. thank you Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Kareem Abdul Jabbar what an awesome person all his life to date.
A true championing as his accomplishments has proven.

[lastlib]

2. A genuine class act!

Thanks for being one, Kareem!

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[Lovie777]

3. What a beautiful quote...............

[malaise]

4. Kareem is a class act

How nice that someone worthy broke his record.
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[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. At the 2016 National Convention, I attended a seminar with Kareem and John Lewis

I could see Kareem towering over Congressman Lewis as they came in to the meeting room. It was great seeing Congressman John Lewis tell his preaching to children story.

[Shermann]

6. I don't watch basketball, but he was great in Airplane! nt

[PennyC]

7. He's also a wonderful writer!

You should try his Sherlock Holmes pastiches.

[hoosierspud]

8. Kareem is a Renaissance man.

So talented in so many different fields. Of course he was incredibly gracious about his record falling.

There was a book written recently about him and John Wooden. The photo on the book cover was the two of them during Kareem's playing days. On the back was a photo of the two of them as older men--Kareem, tall and dignified, John Wooden, elderly and stooped, holding onto Kareem's arm. It was an incredibly poignant photo.

Also, a shout out to LaBron. When he turned pro, I was afraid that he would end up as many talented young athletes before him did when they had a lot of money and fame suddenly thrown at them. He's had a great, long career and from the little I know, a stable family life, and has done some good charitable work.

[housecat]

9. on the shoulders of giants

[lame54]

10. But LeBron never got to fight Bruce Lee...

Congrats LeBron

[Ilsa]

11. Compare that to DJT, who would just want to get revenge. nt

[burrowowl]

12. Wonderful response!

[applegrove]

13. He's a see-er.