Cousy: As I'm sure you heard, [Red] could be a bit of a pain in the ass at times. It used to be funny because four of us would jump in a cab together — you had to go three or four to a cab. And if you had a rookie, you'd try to get a rookie to go in the cab with you, because when the cab got to the airport or the hotel, the minute the cab driver stopped, all of us would pile out. We'd try to get the rookie in the middle and pile out of both doors. We'd pop the hood of the truck, grab our bags, and sprint into the hotel. We'd leave the rookie to pay for the taxi because Auerbach was such a pain in the tail about giving you back expenses. He'd always give you a hard time about it. Cab drivers must have thought we were out of our minds, these four adults in a cab, he gets to the destination and we all run like banshees out of the cab with one poor guy there left to pay. We'd always pay, but normally you'd try to stick the rookie because Arnold was so difficult to get reimbursement back.
Barnett: We always flew in from Boston when we played New York or Baltimore and we always flew the day of the game. We did not fly the day before if it was an off day, because it saved on the hotel bill and we would get day rates. We'd get in at noon and we stayed in the hotel room for about three hours, then we'd go to the game. So we got a day rate like a prostitute would at a hotel. I remember coming into LaGuardia, New York, it used to cost about $6 for the cab. It used to be John Havlicek, Satch Sanders, and myself. I was a rookie. I had to pay the cab and it was like six bucks and one time I gave the cabby a dollar tip. Red Auerbach bit my head off for tipping too much. I had to get the money back. So the next time in, I remember the ride was $5.50 or something. I gave him 50 cents and the cabbie took the two quarters and threw them out on the sidewalk of New York. He said, "A 50-cent tip for four guys?" But Auerbach had intimidated me.