I'm not going to disappear.

But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back.

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

We all had a lot of fun making the film ["Airplane" ], but there weren't a lot of outtakes or cracking up because we all were focused on doing our jobs in a professional manner.

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...