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

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.

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.

I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.

Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.

Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately.