As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.