Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there’s no blade in your handle.
BILL FITCH
BILL FITCH
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Bill Fitch1 quotes“Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there’s no blade in your handle.”
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