I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.

I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.

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

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

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