93 Quotes by Oscar Robertson

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

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.

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!

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.

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

When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn’t like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.

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

You don’t cut anywhere, don’t pick down anywhere, don’t double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don’t happen anymore.

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