We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
BOB COUSYWe had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
BOB COUSYIndiana gets credit for having the most rabid basketball fans in the union, but Maine is a very, very active basketball state.
BOB COUSYI was literally fabricated over in France and born about six months after the boat landed at Ellis Island. This was the heart of the Depression. For the first 12 years of my life we lived in a terrible ghetto on the East River.
BOB COUSYI had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.
BOB COUSYI once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he’d like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.
BOB COUSYPeople 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 COUSYThese days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren’t any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.
BOB COUSYBack then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we’d be interested in playing in it.
BOB COUSYThat 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 COUSYThe NBA wasn’t a big deal at that time, so it wasn’t really in my career plans.
BOB COUSYI won the city scoring championship as a senior.
BOB COUSYDo your best when no one is looking.
BOB COUSYBob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6′-6 and built like a bulldog.
BOB COUSYI grew up in the heart of the Depression.
BOB COUSYKerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately.
BOB COUSYMy biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
BOB COUSY