We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.

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

But in fairness also to the idea of continuing success, you also have to exploit opportunities.

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

Every jock gets up and tells the world how lucky he is. But I feel that I may be the luckiest one of all in terms of timing and being at the right place at the right moment-even though, for the last 30 years, I was told I was born 20 years too soon, for obvious reasons.

We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.

Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team.