Oscar Robertson

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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