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. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
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. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
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. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
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. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
When you play guard, you’re not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you’re going to block shots. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
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. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
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. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches. Oscar Robertson Read Quote
