Chris Mullin

I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in Brooklyn. ”

Forget about what happened in the past. The past is the past. Who cares? Time heals things. ”

Spreading the wealth and giving other assistant coaches their due is critical. ”

The past four years at St. John's University have been one of the most thrilling and challenging points of my career. ”

What you do is build your team around your core. Some teams have one main guy - not many, but some do - and you build around that. If you have a bunch of good players, that's another way to go about it - through depth, teamwork, defense, and fundamentals. ”

The biggest difference between college and pros is a lot more games and better competition day in, day out. You don't really have any nights off. ”

It takes a lot to be a good player. It takes a lot to be a winning team. ”

It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground. ”

Everybody's dream is to win a championship, but not everyone gets that chance. The only thing you can do is make sure you don't look back and have to wonder whether you did everything you could have done. I know I'll be able to look back and feel I had a good, honest career. ”

When you play injured, you're still judged like you're 100 percent. You know you can't do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates. ”