Bob Cousy Quotes

You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life.

- Bob Cousy

I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

- Bob Cousy

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

- Bob Cousy

My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.

- Bob Cousy

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

- Bob Cousy

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

- Bob Cousy

Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.

- Bob Cousy

That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.

- Bob Cousy

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

- Bob Cousy

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.

- Bob Cousy

People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.

- Bob Cousy

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

- Bob Cousy

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

- Bob Cousy

But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.

- Bob Cousy

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

- Bob Cousy

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

- Bob Cousy