Phil Jackson would fight his own players in practice.

Phil Jackson would fight his own players in practice.

My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.

I would never scream at my kids, never raise my voice. But as they often tell me, they were so well behaved that screaming was not necessary.

In radio, you are the game, so to speak - you have to describe every aspect. In TV, Ive always felt less is more, and its really a question of my setting up the color analyst more than anything else.

My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.

In 1957, I was a 16-year-old office boy for the Dodgers.