I 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 COUSYThe NBA wasn’t a big deal at that time, so it wasn’t really in my career plans.
More Bob Cousy Quotes
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French was my first language.
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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.
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I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.
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Race wasn’t an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
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Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.
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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.
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We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
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My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
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Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we’d be interested in playing in it.
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The NBA wasn’t a big deal at that time, so it wasn’t really in my career plans.
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I grew up in the heart of the Depression.
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Indiana gets credit for having the most rabid basketball fans in the union, but Maine is a very, very active basketball state.
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There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
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I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.
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We lived in Yorkville, which is located on the East End of Manhattan. It’s further east than Hell’s Kitchen, and back then it was the kind of place where the roaches and cockroaches were big enough to carry away small children.
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