"When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you."

-- Oscar Robertson

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“Everything in my life is a fragile decision that somebody else made.”
“The fundamental fact in the lives of the poor in most parts of America is that the wages of common labor are far below the benefits of AFDC, Medicaid, food stamps, public housing, public defenders, leisure time and all the other goods and services of the welfare state.”
“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

Source : Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.139, Zondervan
“I hope very much this event, the death of Milosevic will help Serbia to look definitely to the future.”
“What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect.”

Source : Interview with David Wolinsky, www.avclub.com. November 15, 2007.
“That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.”
“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.”
“For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a dream come true. These are the kinds of things that we sit around talking to each other about in our dusty libraries. To see these conversations take place in popular culture is the best thing that could have ever happened.”

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