Do your best when no one is looking.

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

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.

We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

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

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