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Player Quotes by Oscar Robertson
- 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…
- 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…
- I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
- But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And…
- College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from that…
- 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…
- 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 think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.
- I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.
- If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
- People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have…
- 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…
- This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
- 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…
- The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.
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- I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me. — David Beckham
- The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish. — George Benson
- I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em?… — Yogi Berra
- Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is… — Ambrose Bierce
- Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as… — Larry Bird
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- The best players will play. That's the way it will always be. — Larry Bird