Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy
Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousyis an American retired professional basketball player. Cousy played point guard with the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963 and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969–70 season. Cousy first demonstrated his basketball abilities while playing for his high school varsity team in his junior year. He obtained a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, where he led the Crusaders to berths in the 1948 NCAA Tournament and 1950 NCAA Tournament and was named...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 August 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
French was my first language.
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
I grew up in the heart of the Depression.
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.
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.
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.
I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.
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.
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 won the city scoring championship as a senior.