Oscar Robertson Quotes

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

Oscar Robertson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TodayMoneyYoungWantLandWhere

Capitalism does millions of things better than the alternatives. It balances supply and demand in an elegant way that central planning has never come close to.

Jeremy Grantham

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If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

Jena Malone

GoodGood TimesWorldLaughHard

I did want a boy child because I had this romantic idea that a boy child when he's 16 takes his mother out for dinner.

Jennifer Saunders

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I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

Amy Lee

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Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

Robbie Lawler

TimeBackReadyFirst TimeFirst

I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career.

Ruth Negga

PeopleThinkYouChooseCareerKnow

If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 miles a week and working out, if I eat bad food one day, it's not bad for me because I burn it off.

Mo Farah

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Actors always have things that they're not thrilled about on a show and have a hobby of bellyaching about those things.

Jon Cryer

HobbyAlwaysThingsShowThose

I wish I were a really good photographer.

Claire Messud

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If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

Clara Schumann

JoyYouthTroubleKnownMuchAlso

I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it.

Clarence Thomas

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Certainly, nothing would stop me coming home for Christmas, if I can. But I've worked a lot in theatre, and in theatre in New York, we work Christmas Day a lot of the time as well.

Brian F. O'Byrne

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