Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

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

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

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.