93 Quotes by Oscar Robertson

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.

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.

So many kids think that, ... But when you look at the history of players coming out (of college) early, only a handful really make it.

Of course I think with my 14 years in the NBA I never made a million dollars,

Pete Newell was the Olympic coach and was a fine person. It was a great honor to play on that team, ... Jack McMahon of the Royals was another coach I enjoyed playing for in the NBA and I got the opportunity to play with and against so many great players.

Basketball wasn't what it is today, ... Being brought up in the ghetto, my parents were told, long before I came along, that education was the way out.

Look at A-Rod with the Yankees. It doesn't mean that you're going to win. I'm sure he thought when he went to the Yankees that they were going to walk through the World Series.

There have been a couple of coaches there, through the years, that I didn't always agree with what was going on, ... Today, a lot of these guys at the university have my cell phone number.

The most important thing is what the returning starters think, ... Can they get themselves together and play basketball? You've got to grow up right now. These things happen in sports.