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I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.

Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.

We don't know who John Brown was, and in many ways, his work shaped where we are today. He was a Pennsylvanian. He was the prototypical Yankee who fought back and suffered in doing so.

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

I never had the slightest desire to be a major league manager, and all knew it. But Ban Johnson, Bob Hedges, and Jimmy McAleer persuaded me that the Browns were in a sort of a jam, and it was up to me, as an old standby, to do what I could.

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.