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> [About the time you think you are getting to know the moves in this game, someone comes along and does everything but undress you on the basketball floor. Standing there under the basket with your hands cupped - and finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/about-the-time-you-think-you-are-getting-to-know-the-moves-in-this/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

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## More by Tom Heinsohn

> [What I know is that if you're going to play half-court, you'd better have the greatest executioners of half-court basketball. If you run, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/what-i-know-is-that-if-you-re-going-to-play-half-court-you-d-better/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/if-i-was-going-to-get-beat-up-i-wanted-to-be-indoors-where-it-was-warm/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [I try to put all I am as a person into what I do. My intelligence, my emotion. I've done that in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/i-try-to-put-all-i-am-as-a-person-into-what-i-do-my-intelligence-my/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/i-enjoy-watching-competitive-people-you-watch-em-come-and-you-watch/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [I don't know what it is about me: I am no Rock Hudson, but I absolutely wow all the little old white-haired ladies. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/i-don-t-know-what-it-is-about-me-i-am-no-rock-hudson-but-i-absolutely/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [Talk radio around Boston is brutal, and I think that's part of what goes on is that people as they're driving to and from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/talk-radio-around-boston-is-brutal-and-i-think-that-s-part-of-what/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [I think my broadcast partner Mike Gorman said it best. He said there's a generation of fans who know me as a player and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/i-think-my-broadcast-partner-mike-gorman-said-it-best-he-said-there-s/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [Chuck Daly was a man and a coach who everyone had great respect for, and to be recognized in his memory is very special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/chuck-daly-was-a-man-and-a-coach-who-everyone-had-great-respect-for/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have that. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/my-mother-bought-me-a-brand-new-suit-for-going-away-to-college-we/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/i-play-basketball-for-love-and-money-and-they-come-in-interchangeable/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [As the wonderful agony begins for 1964-65, I sometimes wonder why I do it. I've got an insurance business going on the side, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/as-the-wonderful-agony-begins-for-1964-65-i-sometimes-wonder-why-i-do/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [About the time you think you are getting to know the moves in this game, someone comes along and does everything but undress you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/about-the-time-you-think-you-are-getting-to-know-the-moves-in-this/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [Ninety percent of the coaches in the NBA are guards, and there arent very many big men people coaching, I happen to be one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/ninety-percent-of-the-coaches-in-the-nba-are-guards-and-there-arent/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/he-was-a-terrific-guy-it-is-a-great-loss-to-the-sports-world-wilt/)

[Tom Heinsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-heinsohn/)

> [In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-heinsohn/in-every-game-there-s-three-teams-out-there-there-s-the-two/)

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