93 Quotes by Oscar Robertson

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!

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.

You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.