Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

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.

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

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

Do your best when no one is looking.

It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball.

But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.

Making and thinking about somebody is special... you go in the tracks of saying that you are horrible and not anymore special.

When I stand on a street in a Canadian city and look across the street it couldn't be anywhere but Canada but how can I prove it?

When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.

As a rule, I don't enjoy being tossed into closets and having the door shut on my face, but I knew he was protecting me.

I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors.

I have also won much evangelical support.

I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly I would have taken it on my own terms.

When you make a mistake, the ocean gives you an instant reminder. You get punished. If golf clubs could shock you every time you hit the ball wrong, we'd probably learn how to play golf pretty well.

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