I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

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

That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

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