My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.

I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.

I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.