Oscar Robertson Games Quotations

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.

Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.

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.

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.

I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.

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.