I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.

Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

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 think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.