Oscar Robertson Quotes

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.

Oscar Robertson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 24, 1938

Topics

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I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.

Joanne Whalley

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I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

Jennifer Weiner

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A lot of times, people are reserved or maybe scared of testing what your body is capable of. I'm not.

John Cena

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My version of lip-synching is singing full-out with the track.

Megan Hilty

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Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

John Paul Jones

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I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff. Does that make sense?

Michael Gambon

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I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

Steve Buscemi

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My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised six kids by herself. She lived in a mining community in Upstate New York and ran a boarding house for miners. She took care of an entire family and miners who lived in the house as well.

Steve Carell

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A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do.

Stefan Edberg

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Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

Rita Mae Brown

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I've always wanted to learn how to hook rugs. A wonderful artist named Leslie Giuliani taught me how. The nice thing is you can change it as you go along.

Roz Chast

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We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does.

Mary Gordon

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