Words matter. These are the best Oscar Robertson Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
It’s 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 that’s what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!
You look at today, it’s 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.
I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
I don’t think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.
The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don’t know, these guys today don’t want to do anything like that.
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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. I’d love to see some of today’s greats playing against Elgin. They couldn’t guard him. Nobody could.
I’d 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.
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.
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.
The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
Basketball is basketball.
It’s a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
I don’t blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn’t put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don’t want to play.
