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Oscar Robertson Quotes
Basketball is basketball. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
But I think the image thats 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 Quotes
But if people are buying the products, naturally theyre gonna use them. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
I dont blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesnt put out competitively. No one can make you play if you dont want to play. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
I dont think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there? - Oscar Robertson Quotes
I think that teaching coaches are the norm now. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Id like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
If youre a basketball player, youve got to shoot. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Its a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Its like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but thats what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense! - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
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. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I dont know, these guys today dont want to do anything like that. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Were all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
When you play against different people from all walks of life you cant do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
When you play guard, youre not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, youre going to block shots. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. Id love to see some of todays greats playing against Elgin. They couldnt guard him. Nobody could. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
You dont cut anywhere, dont pick down anywhere, dont double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball dont happen anymore. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players dont understand that anymore. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
You look at today, its 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. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os. - Oscar Robertson Quotes
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