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" But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated. "
Keep
Coach
Being
" Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to. "
Mind
You
Best
" French was my first language. "
French
Language
First
" I grew up in the heart of the Depression. "
Depression
Heart
Up
" I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid. "
Socially
Kid
Ghetto
" I won the city scoring championship as a senior. "
City
Won
Senior
" My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7. "
Meal
Money
Win
" People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans. "
Time
Racism
People
" Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures. "
Race
Melting Pot
Pot
" Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics. "
December
Following
Olympics
" 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. "
Opposition
Were
Most
" The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. "
Championship
Important
Personal
" The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans. "
Time
Plans
Deal
" There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse. "
Riots
Every
About
" We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league. "
Best
He
Strong
" We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did. "
Things
Did
Other
" 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. "
Today
Coaching
Life
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