But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.

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

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

I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.

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.

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

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