Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.
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
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
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
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.
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
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…
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 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…
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
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…
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 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…
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
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 …
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
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 …
You can't think about basketball or you ruin your game. It is an instinctive game. - Dolph Schayes
You can't think about basketball or you ruin your game. It is an instinctive game.
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