Basketball Quote by Oscar Robertson Download Open image “When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.” — Oscar Robertson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basketball Inspirational Love Motivational Terrible
I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed,… — Troy Brown Copy Share Image
I play a lot quicker, in quite an attacking style, play a few little crazy shots sometimes that other players wouldn't take. — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
The reason that I was so quick was because I was impatient. I couldn't wait to hit the next shot. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I was proper, proper fast at one point, and obviously I'm not now, so I've lost certain things, but when I was that fast… — Michael Owen Copy Share Image
When I came to the league, back in Europe I was so much faster than the other guys, I was always penetrating. I didn't… — Goran Dragic Copy Share Image
When you're fast when you're shooting, there are great things that you discover. By being fast you also sometimes get more time to experiment. — Michael Bay 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
But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me. — 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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