The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.
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The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
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I won the city scoring championship as a senior.
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You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life.
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I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.
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People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.
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I grew up in the heart of the Depression.
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My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
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Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.
