We lived in Yorkville, which is located on the East End of Manhattan. It's further east than Hell's Kitchen, and back then it was the kind of place where the roaches and cockroaches were big enough to carry away small children.

Indiana gets credit for having the most rabid basketball fans in the union, but Maine is a very, very active basketball state.

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

Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.

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

Do your best when no one is looking.

You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life.