Bob Cousy Quotes
"The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Accomplishments)
"The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Time, Career)
"There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse."
- Bob Cousy
"We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Kids)
"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."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Life, Coaching, Today)
"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."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Time, People, African, Americans, Country, Killing, Racism)
"We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league."
- Bob Cousy
"My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Money)
"I won the city scoring championship as a senior."
- Bob Cousy
"I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid."
- Bob Cousy
"I grew up in the heart of the Depression."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Heart, Depression)
"French was my first language."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: First, Language)
"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."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Successful, Mind)
"But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Being, Coach)
"Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: December)
"Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures."
- Bob Cousy
(Related: Family, Race)