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.

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

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

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.

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

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.

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.