As coach, I could have asked for nothing more from Matthew as a player and as the captain of the Port Adelaide Football Club for the past five years,

I called coach Smith [after the interview], and he asked me how I felt. I said, 'relieved.' He said, 'That means something better will come along.' Two months later, I was head coach at Kansas.

Billy is our best player. But if he's not getting it going, someone else has to hit the shots. Coach told me to be more patient in the second quarter.

He's our captain, he's just not another player.

A good coach need not be a great player but can bring out the best in any player

I'm a player, the coaches coach.