Basketball Quote by Oscar Robertson Download Open image “People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.” — Oscar Robertson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basketball Bigger Bird Johnson Larry Larry Bird Magic NBA People Thinking
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
Magic Johnson didn't play the style that Larry Bird did, and Michael Jordan sure didn't play the style that Magic or Bird played. — O. J. Mayo Copy Share Image
The renaissance of the NBA in the 80s was due to the racial proxy battle between charming, good looking and unmistakably Black Magic Johnson… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry… — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
It was larger than life - the 76ers, Dr. J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones - those were the teams… — Frank Vogel Copy Share Image
“More recently, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird faced each other on the basketball court as arch-competitors—first in high school, continuing through college, and culminating in the NBA, with Johnson playing for the LA Lakers and Bird playing for the Boston Celtics. The rivalry of these two champions became legendary—as did their dislike for one another, which seemed to grow in… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share
In the old days Michael Jordan and Larry Bird worked for everything they got. They worked hard on their game. — Charles Oakley Copy Share Image
It's almost impossible to explain how little the NBA amounted to when I started covering it in 1963. It wasn't fair to call it… — Frank Deford 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 Image
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… — Adolph Rupp Copy Share Image
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… — Darryl Dawkins Copy Share Image
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