All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that.

My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.

I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work.

I won't belong to any organization that would have me as a member

He was never a member of this organization! That's all I have to say about ... Pete McGowan.

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?