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Famous Oscar Robertson Quotes
“I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.”
“Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.”
“But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.”
“But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.”
“I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.”
“I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.”
“Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.”
“People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.”
“There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.”
“This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.”
“We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.”
“When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.”