When I was coaching at Kentucky - I was a grad assistant and I just got through playing and we won the NCAA Championship in 1978, so I stayed after I got through playing - we had Japan's national team coach Mototaka Kohama come to Lexington to spend the year and study basketball. He and I became great friends, so we hung out together.
Far and away, the question I'm asked most often is, 'What's your favorite sporting event to call?' I can't say I've ever answered the question well, simply because the three biggest events I broadcast for CBS Sports - the Super Bowl, the NCAA Men's Final Four and the Masters - each are incomparable.
You can't take a night off in the NBA.
I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.
My favorite champions is the 1995 championship with the Rockets. We were the sixth seed without home court advantage.
Our goal is to be the best team in the NBA at the end of the year.
We would love to have Gary down here. He's still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And I'm the only guy in the world who can get him one.
I hope to play in the NBA for many seasons, establish my position, and win titles.
17 seconds from Game 7, or from Championship number 6,Jordan, open, Chicago with the lead. Time out Utah, 5.2 seconds left, Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points.
I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.
The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National championship. ... Even now, so many years later, I still believe Kentucky will go undefeated in March & win everything.
In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.
Coach (Pat) Riley told us on June 8 we'd win the title on June 20.
Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy.
From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.
