Bob Cousy Quotes

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

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• I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

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• I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

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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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• 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.

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• French was my first language.

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• I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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• 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.

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Bob Cousy (17)

Birth:	9th August, 1928
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Basketball Player

About

Bob Cousy is a retired American professional basketball player. Cousy first demonstrated his basketball abilities while playing for his high school varsity team in his junior year. In his first 11 seasons in the NBA, Cousy led the league in assists eight straight times and introduced a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills that earned him the nicknames "Cooz", "The Houdini of the Hardwood", and—as he was regularly introduced at Boston Garden—"Mr. Basketball". After his playing career, he coached the Royals for several years, and even made a short comeback for them at age 41. He then became a broadcaster for Celtics games.

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