Basketball Quote by Oscar Robertson Download Open image “Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.” — Oscar Robertson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basketball Beats Championship Firsts Lakers Magic NBA Nba championships Philadelphia
I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
One of the biggest reasons I bought the Lakers was to beat the Celtics. — Jerry Buss Copy Share Image
Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well. — David Blatt Copy Share Image
My very first NBA game was against the Los Angeles Lakers; it was a pre-season game against Magic Johnson. — Muggsy Bogues Copy Share Image
I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy. — Kyrie Irving Copy Share Image
When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
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… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college,… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100% — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball. — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's similar to basketball: when you go to different gyms and win or lose, you learn something new. So when kids get out of… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of… — Adolph Rupp Copy Share
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas Jayhawks head coach Phog Allen, reposting the contention of his Kansas predecessor and inventor of basketball James Naismith, pictured, that basketball could not be coached When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the… — Darryl Dawkins Copy Share
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
