60 Quotes by Bob Cousy

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

We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.

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.

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.

I 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.

Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.

But in fairness also to the idea of continuing success, you also have to exploit opportunities.

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.

Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team.