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Oscar Robertson

"I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play."

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"I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play."

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"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

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"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

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"If bad things are happening in your country, remember, the first responsible person is your stupid government! But if you have supported that government, now, you are the first responsible person! So sit down and shut up!"

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"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

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"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."

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"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."

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"Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant."

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"I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me."

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"When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there."

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"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."

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"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."
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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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"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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"We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team."
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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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"You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk."
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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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