When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

The world is run by C students

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

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

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'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.