93 Quotes by Oscar Robertson

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.

I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.

Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should.

But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show.