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Bob Brannum was my body guard ...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

Cooper was my road roommate, a...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

French was my first language....

French was my first language.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

I grew up in the heart of the ...

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

I had endured six years of fru...

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.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

I was the original socially de...

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

I won the city scoring champio...

I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

Indiana gets credit for having...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

It also didn't take me long to...

It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

Kerner decided to trade my rig...

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.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

My biggest win was getting the...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

My family was poor, my father ...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

People have been killing becau...

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 65 quotes

But as a coach I wanted to kee...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

You have to remember that coac...

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 65 quotes

We hung out on the streets, pl...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

We had a strong relationship w...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

There were riots in just about...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

The NBA wasn't a big deal at t...

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

The MVP award was very satisfy...

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

Bob Cousy 65 quotes

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