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Oscar Robertson

"It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race."

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"It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race."

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"I would die for my country but I could never let my country die for me."

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"The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law."

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"We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today."

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"I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world."

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"Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges."

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"Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?"

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"Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions."

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"It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do."

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"If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels."

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"Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its case before the United Nations this fall."

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"You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore."
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"You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today."
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"Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars."
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"Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game."
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"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."
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"Basketball is basketball."
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"Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could."
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"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."
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"They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time."
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"I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson."
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