60 Quotes by Bob Cousy

We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.

I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move the ball back and forth from one hand to the other without breaking the cadence of my dribble. I wasn't dribbling behind my back or setting up any trick stuff, but I was laying the groundwork for it.

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

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

Do your best when no one is looking.

These 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 Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

Every jock gets up and tells the world how lucky he is. But I feel that I may be the luckiest one of all in terms of timing and being at the right place at the right moment-even though, for the last 30 years, I was told I was born 20 years too soon, for obvious reasons.

In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?