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> [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 test the stamina and willpower of the other team. That's what I learned as a player.](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/)

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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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