Brooklyn, It's A Great Town, A Great

Getting The Degree Meant More To Me Than An Ncaa Title, Being Named All-american Or Winning An Olympic Gold Medal.

I Never Knew What Basketball Was. I Started Playing On The Playground. People Used To Laugh At Me And Joke At Me Because I Was So Tall And I Didn't Know The Game And Couldn't Play It.

Everybody Always Thinks The Grass Is Always Greener.

I Think The People Here In New York Appreciated What I Brought To The Table, And They Showed It When I Retired By The Way They Came Out And Supported Me, And It Meant A Lot To Me. It Made Me Feel Like I Am A Part Of This City, And I Will Remain A Part Of This City.

People Think That Just Because You're A Center, You're Not As Smart As The Guards Or The Smaller Guys.