But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.
Do your best when no one is looking.
Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.
I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.
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.
These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.