Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade in your handle.

I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.

Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!

Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade in your handle.