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
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
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
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
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
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. Oscar Robertson
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school. Oscar Robertson
I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college. Oscar Robertson
I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there? Oscar Robertson
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
We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team. Oscar Robertson
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen. Oscar Robertson
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots. Oscar Robertson
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
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
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