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

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

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.

People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.