Bob Cousy Quotations

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.

French was my first language.

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

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

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

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

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.

Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

Indiana gets credit for having the most rabid basketball fans in the union, but Maine is a very, very active basketball state.