Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.

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.

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

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

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

Do your best when no one is looking.

Every jock gets up and tells the world how lucky he is. But I feel that I may be the luckiest one of all in terms of timing and being at the right place at the right moment-even though, for the last 30 years, I was told I was born 20 years too soon, for obvious reasons.