I just felt sorry for those guys. Maybe because I was that kid once, you know? No money, no friends, and you haven't eaten for two days.

I really never look at my health issues as 'Woe is me.' I've seen the reality of that. And it's not a pleasant thing.

He's real energized and enthused. It consumes his every waking moment,

But when I left the Spurs last year I told Pop, 'You're the best defensive coach in the league. You play great defense. Put this thing away and never use it, because you don't need to use it,

I'm one of those guys who liked the corner drugstore, and it feels like it just got bought up by Wal-Mart. But they can never take away your memories.

You couldn't find anything bad to say about him. You couldn't criticize his coaching. He was superb. He was innovative. He was ahead of his time.