Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

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.

Do your best when no one is looking.

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.

Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

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

French was my first language.