47 Quotes by Oscar Robertson about basketball


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    Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

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

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

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    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.

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