Oscar Robertson

“When I was a young boy, I was a pitcher. And I was a good pitcher.”

“I've always been a leader. I've been a leader on the court. I've been a leader on the playground. I was a leader in the classroom.”

“I never thought about breaking records. I just thought about winning games.”

“They said I was the first big guard. I wasn't. I was just a good guard who was tall.”

“My goal was to be the best basketball player I could be.”

“I just played the game the way it was supposed to be played.”

“The most important thing to me is winning. I just want to win.”

“It's like a symphony. You have to have all the parts playing together.”

“A lot of the things that I did on the basketball court, people had never seen before.”

“I don't think I get enough credit for my defense.”

“The court case was probably the most important thing I've done.”

“You learn from your mistakes. And I made a lot of mistakes.”

“It's a different game today. The players are bigger, stronger, faster.”

“I'm a human being. I have feelings. I have emotions.”

“I think that the greatest thing that a person can do is to be a leader, and to be a leader you have to be able to lead.”