Oscar Robertson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Oscar Robertson quotes and sayings page 2 (86 year old athlete). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 30 we have for him.

“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.”

“Basketball is basketball.”

“But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.”

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

“I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.”

“It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.”

“Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.”

“When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.”

“They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.”

“The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.”