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> What a great quote and general outlook on life. I kind of almost don't believe it/it's too good to be true. You don't think any part of him is sour? He put

> What a great quote and general outlook on life. I kind of almost don't believe it/it's too good to be true. You don't think any part of him is sour? He put a 20 year career in the league, was #1, and now he got passed and will forever be at least #2. I feel like if I was in a similar situation (I'll never know what it's like whatsoever to be all time NBA leading anything), I'd want to come off as happy for the next guy but in reality, if it's a prestigious title I held for years and it finally got stolen from me... I don't know how internally happy I'd be.

deafpolygon 4y ago
> You don't think any part of him is sour? Did you not read the article? I wouldn't be sour about it either, if I were 75. Someone was bound to surpass you; that is life.
bena 4y ago
He says he is not. He said he might have been in the past, but today there is no sourness. And we have to believe him. He is the ultimate authority on what he feels. He also has the unique perspective of being in the position of someone who has had the record of all-time leading scorer in the NBA taken from him. You do not. I do not. We do not even possess any records to be taken. So no, we don't know how we'd feel in that situation. It's purely hypothetical on our end. We have to trust his words. Not to mention, neither of us are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And I don't mean that neither of us are legendary NBA players. I mean neither of us are that man. We have not lived his life. We have not experienced his struggles, achievements, highs, lows, etc. We do not have his parents, etc. So even if you or I would feel like something was stolen from us that still doesn't tell us that he would feel the same.
squokko 4y ago
I think when you're 25 it's good to have the competitive fire and not want your record to be broken, when you're 75 it's good to have a little more equanimity.
wintogreen74 4y ago
He was also 3 for 3 at the college national championship level; Lebron can't take that from him.

deafpolygon 4y ago

> You don't think any part of him is sour? Did you not read the article? I wouldn't be sour about it either, if I were 75. Someone was bound to surpass you; that is life.

bena 4y ago

He says he is not. He said he might have been in the past, but today there is no sourness. And we have to believe him. He is the ultimate authority on what he feels. He also has the unique perspective of being in the position of someone who has had the record of all-time leading scorer in the NBA taken from him. You do not. I do not. We do not even possess any records to be taken. So no, we don't know how we'd feel in that situation. It's purely hypothetical on our end. We have to trust his words. Not to mention, neither of us are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And I don't mean that neither of us are legendary NBA players. I mean neither of us are that man. We have not lived his life. We have not experienced his struggles, achievements, highs, lows, etc. We do not have his parents, etc. So even if you or I would feel like something was stolen from us that still doesn't tell us that he would feel the same.

squokko 4y ago

I think when you're 25 it's good to have the competitive fire and not want your record to be broken, when you're 75 it's good to have a little more equanimity.

wintogreen74 4y ago

He was also 3 for 3 at the college national championship level; Lebron can't take that from him.