We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

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.

I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.

We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.