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Oscar Robertson

"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 game."

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"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 game."

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"Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could."
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"I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college."
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"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."
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"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
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"When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots."
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"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."
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"You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk."
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"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."
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"Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars."
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