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Oscar Robertson quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.

The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.

Oscar Robertson quotes: When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

Oscar Robertson quotes: When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

Oscar Robertson quotes: The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.

The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.

I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.

Oscar Robertson quotes: But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.

But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.

Oscar Robertson quotes: People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

Oscar Robertson quotes: But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.

But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.

Oscar Robertson quotes: Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should.

Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should.

Oscar Robertson quotes: You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

Oscar Robertson quotes: Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

Oscar Robertson quotes: This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.

I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.

Oscar Robertson quotes: There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

Oscar Robertson quotes: But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

Oscar Robertson quotes: We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.

I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.

Oscar Robertson quotes: 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.

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.

Oscar Robertson quotes: I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

Oscar Robertson quotes: It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

Oscar Robertson quotes: Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

Oscar Robertson quotes: Basketball is basketball.

Basketball is basketball.

Oscar Robertson quotes: But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.

But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.

Oscar Robertson quotes: Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.

Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.

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

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 quotes: I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

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

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

Oscar Robertson quotes: If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

Oscar Robertson quotes: 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.

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.

Oscar Robertson quotes: The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.

The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.