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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
~ Oscar Robertson
Basketball
Basketball Player
Got
Player
Shoot
You
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It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
~ Oscar Robertson
Commentary
Country
Our
Race
Real
Sad
Say
Sensitive
Sometimes
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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
Back
Could
Defense
Down
Dunk
Floor
Get
Grab
Guys
Like
Made
Make
Okay
Out
Points
Scream
Shirt
Want
Yell
You
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
~ Oscar Robertson
Guess
Invent
Now
People
Stars
Trying
Want
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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.
~ Oscar Robertson
All-Around
Change
Finesse
Game
Great
Just
More
Others
Physical
Play
Players
Really
Some
Than
You
Your
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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
Anything
Because
Games
Go
Great
Guys
Had
Know
Like
Make
Now
Olympics
Team
Then
Today
Want
Were
You
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The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.
~ Oscar Robertson
About
Almost
Almost Everyone
Coaches
Could
Doing
Everyone
Kept
Our
Pass
Thing
Way
Were
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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
Around
Been
College
Game
Had
High
High School
Junior
Junior College
Level
Long
Long Time
Order
Played
Rule
School
Should
Some
Somewhere
Sport
Sportswriter
Time
You
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
~ Oscar Robertson
Because
Land
Money
NBA
Players
Today
Want
Where
Young
Young Players
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We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.
~ Oscar Robertson
All Americans
American
Compete
Competing
His
Larry
Magic
Team
Trying
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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
Against
Carries
Couple
Defender
Figure
Game
Go
Going
Hands
He
High
His
Low
Make
Moves
Much
Offense
Out
Pretty
Pushing
See
Then
Things
Those
Type
Whether
You
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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
Against
Change
Different
Different People
Every
Go
Life
People
Play
Player
Same
Same Thing
Thing
Up
Walks
Way
You
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When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
~ Oscar Robertson
Block
Going
Guard
Inside
Lot
Play
Shots
You
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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
Against
Could
Did
Forward
Great
Great Things
Greatest
Greats
Guard
He
Him
I Think
Love
Many
Might
Nobody
Playing
See
Shock
Some
Spot
Things
Think
Today
Who
You
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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
Anymore
Anywhere
Basketball
Cut
Double
Down
Game
Happen
Pick
Picking
Screen
Should
Side
Things
Weak
You
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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
Almost
Been
Different
Dunk
Either
Every
Game
Has-Been
Look
Outside
Shot
Situation
Today
Transformed
Where
You
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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
About
Basketball
Coach
Coming
Court
Game
Guy
Just
Need
Some
Talking
Teaching
Understands
Who
You
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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
College
Dunk
Games
Happens
High
High School
I Think
Lot
Pros
Reason
School
See
Shot
Think
Today
You
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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
Against
Box
Free
Got
Him
How
Learn
Maybe
Necessary
Out
Pass
Play
Player
Positioning
Shoot
Things
Throws
World
You
Your
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I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.
~ Ozzie Smith
Anybody
Anything
Ever
Just
Really
Retires
Think
Where
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