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I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. We were five-wide and I didn't have any place to go. I'm sorry if everybody wants to put the blame on me.

I was mad at first, but he made a decision for his family. You can't blame him for that.

I think that I had my chance and I can't blame anyone other than myself for not getting it done at the right time. I felt a little strange on the sled so maybe there was a little bit of discomfort. But I just didn't pull it off today.

I think that I have to take a lot of the blame for the slow start we had. We could have been more prepared for the press.

Last game, and this, we've been eaten up by penalties. Don't blame the boys. It's basically coaching.

I think (the Colts) are a fabulous team that went on a great run on us. I think there are some things that I should have done differently as a coach to stop their big run, and I didn't. And I think there's more blame that should go toward me than my kids because my kids played their heart out.

I think the blame is on everybody. But if you can't improve defensively, if you can't improve in limiting turnovers, then you need a change in personnel.

I was worried about Kendra. Antonio told me that's why he went into the stands, to defend his wife. ... We could have used him out there (on the floor). I don't blame him, though, and I don't think anybody blames him.

It is an attempt to put the blame on regional and local law enforcers and not on the leaders of federal ministries, who in my view bear responsibility for what happened. They didn't take preventive measures, they didn't check how their orders were being carried out.

I think the world is ambivalent about feminism. So I can't blame college students. I think they're reflecting the greater culture's attitude toward feminism. So what I can do is, in ways that are appropriate, advocate for feminism and help the students learn what feminism is about.

I think there should be more phone calls and more face-to-face meetings, and the guys from Tampa can come to New York and vice versa. Certainly there should be better communication; there's no excuse with modern communications as we have it today. That's where we've fallen short, and I blame all of us for that.

It is always easy to put the blame on the curators if we don't come up to the expectations of those who run and play the game. Good weather and time factor are very crucial all the time.

I think it's unfair to blame President Bush here, ... What I would blame is the bureaucratic red tape throughout the system that is out of control with little credibility and way too turf-conscience. Rather than point fingers in blame, the state and the federal governments need to develop a new emergency system.

Reporters keep calling me and asking if the Internet is to blame for this. Of course the Internet isn't to blame for it -- any more than the comet is to blame.

Residents are calling if they see anything. They're worried and I don't blame them.

Our ability to be there for each other is also a strength. We don't complain or blame people for mistakes. They just pick them up by getting a big hit or by making a great play in the field.

Our approach was better. We were focused and came out and played. The second game was a huge let down. We didn't regroup and focus and I take the blame for that.

Our attorney feels they're to blame as well as Cindy.

I think he was onside but I don't want to blame the officials.

I think he was really tired in his brain, but he just kept jumping. Our moment at the water probably looked worse than it was as it was very slow so I had a chance to stay in the plate. I blame myself as he was entitled to be green at what is a new question for him, but I maybe didn't give him the best possible chance. He's definitely earned his place on the yard though!

I think (Quaker Chief Executive Robert) Morrison did the best job he could for Quaker Oats shareholders. It took a while, but you can't blame him for courting Coca-Cola.

I was brought up to think that if you stuff up when you're older, you're gone, and someone else would replace you. The guys are hanging on, and I don't blame them for that, but we've got to have some tough selectors to make some tough decisions.

I was the guy they could get - what could I do? That's the Yankees, though. The blame is always on somebody else other than (where) it should be.

I was trying to get it out of the middle -- safe play. Didn't quite work out that way. It was certainly my mistake. I'll take full blame for it.

I won't blame the game on that fan. We had our chances and we didn't take advantage of them.

It doesn?t bother us. We showed a lot of heart, but we fell behind early and I take the full blame for that. We have two more games against these guys, and if we can win two out of three against them it will be a big boost.

It feels good to blame someone else, especially if they are smaller than you.

I think the overall response was deplorable in terms of the timing and there's plenty of blame go around, but I think the overall public health response was heroic.

It is obviously frustrating to have weather like this. But you can't blame it on anyone. Neither would I blame anyone for this pitch.

I think that's wrong because that way you're placing blame on one department,

I think they will talk to rugby union. You can't blame him for asking what the bottom line is.

It happens. You can't blame anybody. We did it in Oakland to those guys. It's part of the game. There's not much you can say.

I think we're ready to move from an environment of blame and stigmatization when it comes to mental health problems,

I thought as the game went on we wore down a little bit. I don't want to blame anything, they just beat us down the stretch. In the fourth quarter is where the game is won or lost.

I take the blame for it. I did a bad job on him.

I take the blame for it in the first half. I was very emotional. The way things were going, I wasn't pleased.

I take the blame for that. I had the opportunity to drive in guys, and I just didn't get the job done.

I take the blame for that. It was a poor decision by me. I should have taken the gain and been done with it. I think the pitch was too hard for Hines to handle. I should have just held on to the ball.

I take the blame for this loss. I gave up that touchdown at the end. I told my teammates this one was on me. I broke down at the end.

I take the blame for this one. Being a senior, I should be able to do more. . . . I'm not blaming it on that one possession (where he lost it). We were up in the first half and in the second half we didn't jump on them. I don't blame one play. Mistakes happen.

I think it's doing important things like taking care of his baby and being a father. We miss him here, but we don't blame him for taking care of family.

I take all the blame for that. I didn't get the call and missed the play.

I take credit or blame for a couple of the losses. I thought I called some poor games offensively, and I didn't give our players a chance to execute some plays. ... So, I've got a lot of improvement to make. It's not just the players.

I take full blame for that match. Kyle wasn't ready to go after the break. Give all the credit to their kid - he's well-coached.

It could have been an excuse for us to sit back, blame it on the travel. But we have (today) off and we knew that, so we wanted to work hard and get the two points.

I think it's a mistake for them to try and blame us for it, though, because we actually have a clear and unbroken record of trying to clear up a lot of these corporate abuses. . . . There was corporate malfeasance both before he took office and after. The difference is I actually tried to do something about it, and their party stopped it.

I think it's been blown way out of proportion. (My name was brought into this) because they might have known I was friends with Jeremy, but I didn't give him tickets to the bowl game. They're placing the blame on me like I'm the one who's doing all this crazy stuff, but it didn't happen like that.

It hurts. We had the win and we gave it away. The blame falls on all of us -- players, coaches, everybody.

I think we put too much pressure on Brandon, you know? I take full blame for that. I think we probably could have run it a little better than I gave us credit for. In the second half I think we showed some signs of running the football. When you only have (23) rushes for 50 yards, that's partly play-calling, too.

I think we got too relaxed. We kept saying we could beat them, but their offense was picking us apart. We got out-rebounded and we got out-hustled. We didn't run the offense and took bad shots at times. The offense dictates who gets shots. Chris Stephens didn't have a good game. I blame myself on that one.

I thought that everybody would be blaming FEMA, the federal government. But there is a significant amount of blame to place on state and local government. That is probably going to increase as time goes on.

We never quit fighting all night long. We were fighting an uphill battle form the very beginning. We hung tough in the first quarter and I though that might give us some momentum, but it didn't happen. We can blame it on a lot of things but it just didn't happen.

I was not thinking about the stuff still being in my system. But I can't look at the past. It was my fault. I wanted Ruiz. So I don't blame anybody but myself. Bottom line.

I wasn't surprised, really. I obviously wasn't at my best. I don't want to make excuses. I can't say I was tired. It just wasn't there for me. I will take the blame for what happened. I didn't get the bounces and I probably made some of the saves harder than they needed to be.

We had no traffic at the net, we had no one going to the net. We have no one to blame but ourselves.

We had our chances but we didn't play smart. And I can't blame them for that; that's my responsibility when they don't play smart. We didn't look like a well-coached team out there at times but we played hard.

We have this romantic myth about having sex, and the minute things don't work like they used to, the tendency is to blame the partner. Couples shut down.

You know what, I blame George Bush. Instead of shoring up this country and making it really defensible, which is what his job is, he went out and started an illegal war in Iraq that is doing nothing but starting a civil war in that country. It's insane.

The quarterback is going to take the blame for losing,

The quarterback is going to take the blame for losing, and we started 0-4 ... no denying that,

The president gets credit for the sunshine and blame for the rain - and there's a lot of rain here.

I would like this (regime) to stick. That's just luck of the draw. You can't blame it all on (the managers). You can't blame it all on us. There's fault everywhere. We had plenty to do with us losing, too.

The Angels basically told me there's not a job to win. The team is moving on without Tim Salmon. I understand it. I don't blame them. I look around and, yeah, I'd like to think I fit into their plans, but from their standpoint, I'm probably not the first guy they're going to plug in.

The Americans are at home and we are away. He's had a change of scenery and a change in racing conditions. There's less pressure if he runs in the Classic. If you run him in the Mile, he has to win. If he runs in the Classic and doesn't win, we can blame it on the dirt. All in all, it's very difficult, but it can be done.

We're really proud of her. She responded very well in her first big game of the season. She's done everything we've asked her to do, and I don't blame her for that goal.

We have to learn how to play under the rules. We can't blame the refs all the time.

We have to play a full 60 minutes. Once we got the lead that late in the game, you have to do the smart things. I will take the blame on that one -- I did not get it deep, turned it over and it was in the net. Those are the things that make a difference in hockey games.

We just didn't play with the kind of effort we've been playing with. If we didn't feel like we were prepared, then I'll take the blame for that.

We need to keep coming out and give an effort and try to get a win. You can blame our (15) turnovers, defense, and you can blame Ray also. He hit shots like I can't even explain.

You can blame a long schedule and a long series but we won't be trying to make that an excuse,

You can blame our hitters all you want,

You can blame the taxpayers of the city of Niagara Falls. Don't blame us.

You don't blame it on being tired... I'm sure they were tired, too.

We haven't seen Coleman Collins for 10 weeks. We might not see him again the rest of the season. I can't tell you that. And I wouldn't blame him.

We have our fate in our own hands, and I like that. We can't blame anybody but ourselves with the outcome of the weekend. Hopefully, we'll be patting ourselves on the back if we get the job done.

That was probably the game. This is one of the worst feelings I've ever had as a basketball player. It's just tough. I don't really know what to say. You work so hard all summer, all season, and it comes to an end that quickly. But we don't have anyone to blame but ourselves.

We are not saying TV is to blame for this phenomenon. But research is indicating that TV has an impact.

We can all try to blame the closing window of DVD and all that, but you see the movies that are really distinctive still going out and doing really well.

We can blame turnovers and defense and you can blame Ray Allen also. He hit shots like I can't even explain.

We haven't gotten out of the first round (the past two seasons) and you can't blame him. A team has to get the job done collectively. . . . I think (Anthony) is ready to step out. Hopefully, it will be in (these) playoffs. This will kind of be his coming-out party.

They always blame America first!

When it comes to passing out blame, it's a two-headed monster. The blame has to be shared.

We're a family. When you lose a guy like that it's like losing people in your family. He was always there. He was the first one to take the blame and held himself responsible. As a player, it's not something you like to see. The coach doesn't put on his skates and go out and play. There's only so much he can do. I have a lot of respect for him.

You always hope it's over. I saw him Sunday night after the race. We talked about it a little bit. I don't blame him for being upset. I'd have been upset too.

We're a little quick to respond in part because this is such a new phenomenon, and it involves the Internet. You can't blame school administrators for being fairly sensitive about these things. What's happening is that in so many domains in our professional and personal lives we're having to reestablish some boundaries in regard to the Internet.

We're all terribly disappointed. We're all to blame for this. It's not right to blame any one person.

We can't blame this game on anyone but ourselves. Losing the Super Bowl is about as bad as it gets.

We hoped he was going to be open and have a pocket of space to get an open shot or drive the ball. Bosh did a great job of switching out defensively. I have to take the blame for that. That was a bad call putting a guy in a position that ended up not being a good position.

When the Burmese government tries to blame the victims for the crime, and say that (democracy activist) Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are responsible for their own repression, I can only reply that much the same was once said about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel, ... The world is not fooled. And we must not be silent.

When you're down, it's a difficult thing to change that culture. I don't think you can blame any particular person or thing.

We can't blame anyone but ourselves. We didn't play as well as we wanted to. We know we were sputtering offensively and defensively. It's kind of a slap in the face and now we're in the position we're in.

We can't blame it on one person. Everybody made mistakes. We just have to keep our heads up.

we have some presidents, fortunately a minority, who blame other countries for all their problems.

We will really know from this where the constraint is and that's in the downstream, so nobody can blame OPEC. That's really the purpose of this,

We had a lot of opportunities in the second to get a lead and build on it, but we weren't able to do that. We have no one to blame but ourselves because we didn't capitalize on their six- straight penalties.

We got down early, and I take full blame for that.

The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

That's very unlikely here. The management are all new and weren't here in the times this happened. They are not to blame for this. They have done the right thing to come clean.

That wasn't anything unusual. He has different styles. Sometimes he's quiet. I don't blame him for getting loud.

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.