The real secret to my success was I could shoot with either hand. Ironically, I became ambidextrous as a direct result of breaking my right hand.

- Dolph Schayes

I always stayed on before and after practice. I just think that if you want to excel at anything, be it basketball, dance or the piano, you need to p…

- Dolph Schayes

You can't think about basketball or you ruin your game. It is an instinctive game.

- Dolph Schayes

The great thing about basketball is it's a live ball. If someone's in your way, push them out of the way, go around them or over them, whatever it ta…

- Dolph Schayes

Most people forget that Danny Biasone was the Wilbur Wright of basketball. Because he invented the 24-second clock, the game took off. Yet he was a m…

- Dolph Schayes

I was a center in college but I was a high post guy, feeding cutters and rebounding. Going to pro ball, I clearly wasn't big and strong enough to pla…

- Dolph Schayes

I never had a postup game, which really hurt me eventually. Later in my career, teams would put smaller guys on me to stop my shooting and driving an…

- Dolph Schayes

I disobeyed a basic basketball rule and never boxed out. I figured that if I had the inside position I had enough of an advantage to just go get the …

- Dolph Schayes

Guys hated to play against me because my stock in trade was constant movement. I was quick but not fast so I would move my defender into picks, from …

- Dolph Schayes