Background
Born in Thornton, Mississippi, Quick grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Hughes Center High School.
Born in Thornton, Mississippi, Quick grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Hughes Center High School.
In 2006, the Cincinnati Enquirer ranked Quick #49 in its Top 100 all-time Greater Cincinnati high school players. Quick played college basketball at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 6-foot-5 (196 cm) forward was Xavier"s Most Valuable Player for all three of his varsity seasons with the Musketeers.
He scored 1,636 career points and had 939 career rebounds.
Quick was consistent throughout his college career, averaging 20.0 points per game as a sophomore, 19.3 as a junior, and 23.7 as a senior. He also led the team in rebounding twice, averaging 11.6 per game as a sophomore and 14.0 as a senior.
He had his best season as a senior, averaging team highs of 23.7 points and 14.0 rebounds. He made a school record 22 free throws of a school record 24 attempts en route to a career high 40 points against Marquette University on February 26, 1968.
That was one of seven 30-point games his senior season.
Quick set then-school records for most free throws made in a season (179) and a career (428) as well as most free throws attempted in a season (251) and a career (600). He was inducted into the Xavier University Hall of Fame in 1982. Quick was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the second round (18th overall) of the 1968 National Basketball Association Draft.
Quick played four seasons in the National Basketball Association from 1968-1969 to 1971-1972 with the Bullets and Detroit Pistons.
On February 1, 1970 he was traded to the Detroit Pistons. His most productive season was the next season, 1970-1971 with the Pistons, averaging 8.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
He averaged 6.0 points and 2.8 rebounds for his National Basketball Association career. In 1971-1972, he also played in the American Bar Association for the Dallas Chaparrals, averaging 4.3 points and 2.3 points.
A knee injury ended his career.
After basketball, he worked in marketing and advertising, founding Chromagraphics Incorporated., ultimately growing the Detroit-based company into a million-dollar enterprise. In 1996, Quick left advertising and moved to Florida. He later worked as a sales consultant for a Cincinnati auto dealer.