We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.

Do your best when no one is looking.

We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

I was literally fabricated over in France and born about six months after the boat landed at Ellis Island. This was the heart of the Depression. For the first 12 years of my life we lived in a terrible ghetto on the East River.

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

I won the city scoring championship as a senior.