#w

I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#blame #competitively #court #david #gets

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#aspect #college #game #high #high school

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#bigger #bird #boston #championship #championship team

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! ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#could #defense #down #dunk #floor

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#because #games #go #great #guys

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#been #college #game #had #high

And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#embedded #enjoy #false #foundational #into

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

#change #defensively #different #different people #every

Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#could #did #elgin #forward #great

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

#anywhere #basketball #cut #double #down