ROBERT PARISH

I'd be the first to say that I'm a distant individual. I have a tendency to come across as being aloof and dismissive.

I want to make it clear, I'm not whining, and the Celtics owe me nothing. But having said that, you would think at least I would have a conversation about a coaching job, since that's what I want to do.

I think experience helps but it's not required to be successful.

Joe Kleine is not a legitimate center in the sense that he is not a shot blocker and not an intimidator. He's not a force on the offensive end.

No center would be great without the right people around him.

If you don't play with intensity in this league, you're going to get embarrassed. Without hard work, you don't have a chance.

Every year it happens. When I'm not putting up big numbers, I start hearing it - that I'm too old, that time finally has caught up with me.

I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.

I cannot thank Don DeDonatis enough for his leadership of USSSA, his stewardship of our business initiatives, and his friendship to me over the years.

It's just a fact. You've got to deal with racism wherever you go.

Shoot, I ain't working for free. You can never have enough money.

I have a great deal of respect for Coach Fitch. When we won the championship in '81, he was the main reason why we won. We were down and he never let us doubt ourselves.

I've surprised a lot of people, including myself, with my longevity.

I will always be a Celtic at heart. That's where my career took off.

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.

On the West Coast, things are more relaxed, maybe because people have more fun outdoors. In the East, where the weather is not so good, people have to stay indoors. They're very knowledgable fans. This makes you play even harder.

I've always been one to shy away from the publicity, the limelight, whatever you want to call it. I prefer to be in the background.

You need talent and good coaching to be successful in the NBA.

I was seriously thinking about having a very short basketball career before the trade because of all the losing that I experienced with the Warriors, and being blamed for the Warriors demise.

I need a coaching job in the NBA. I'm restless and I need money.

You could say that as I've gotten more mature, I've acquired more manure.

To be honest my mentor was my mom and dad. I was very blessed and fortunate to have parents like I had.

I was very lucky that I never had any serious injury. But it was the love and passion for the game that got me playing for so long.

I was always looking at the ground because I was self-conscious about my height. I had big feet, big hands, and all that.

There weren't many plays for me. A lot of my stats came off broken plays, or when I didn't allow the options to play out and just took the shot.