Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.
My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
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.
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.
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.
Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.
We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.
The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
Teams want me to do something stupid. You want to get to the point where nothing affects you, where you control them.
I'm going to be working on my shot. Working on extending my range. Keep working on everything, and really studying the game.
Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.
Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!
No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player. I am a better person because of my failures and disgraces.
People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either Wilt's or Russ' coach had ever told one of them he couldn't guard the other guy, he would have lost that player forever.
It's not tough at all as long as the fans are yelling, screaming and hollering.
They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.
We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.
Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
