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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.
- Bob Cousy
#Been
#Country
#Differences
#People
#Time
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.
- Bob Cousy
#Award
#Important
#Personal
#Satisfying
Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.
- Bob Cousy
#December
#Following
#Olympics
#Team
My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
- Bob Cousy
#Biggest
#Bumped
#Meal
#Money
#Win
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
- Bob Cousy
#Best
#Brown
#He
#Relationship
#Strong
The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
- Bob Cousy
#Big
#Career
#Deal
#Plans
#Time
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
#Back
#Life
#My Life
#Remember
#Today
Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
- Bob Cousy
#Family
#French
#Melting Pot
#Pot
#Race
We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.
- Bob Cousy
#Did
#Kids
#Out
#Streets
#Things
I won the city scoring championship as a senior.
- Bob Cousy
#Championship
#City
#Scoring
#Senior
#Won
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.
- Bob Cousy
#Based
#Fans
#More
#Opposition
#Wanted
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
- Bob Cousy
#About
#Every
#Game
#Just
#Riots
I grew up in the heart of the Depression.
- Bob Cousy
#Depression
#Grew
#Heart
#Up
I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.
- Bob Cousy
#Depraved
#Ghetto
#Kid
#Original
#Shy
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
#Best
#Do Your Best
#Looking
#Mind
#Your
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