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.

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

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.

My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.

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 dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move the ball back and forth from one hand to the other without breaking the cadence of my dribble. I wasn't dribbling behind my back or setting up any trick stuff, but I was laying the groundwork for it.