[Hastings, lettering for former coach Eddie Sutton’s Razorbacks from 1979-82 as an All-SWC center with three SWC titles, paid Smith Flowers a major compliment.] Look who you have up here tonight, ... I’m not even the best basketball player on this dais. I am absolutely honored to be up here. |
It was like winning the NBA championship or something, |
Look who you have up here tonight. I'm not even the best basketball player on this dais. I am absolutely honored to be up here. |
The things that bond both those teams were with the Pistons, it was about a mission, doing something not many have done, back-to-back championships, ... They know when you win once. They remember when you win twice. We were bonded by that goal. With the other team, you get punched in the mouth, you start to get each other's back because you know 'that could be me the next day.' |
To be honest with you, I don't even think about it much, ... I haven't with Kansas City because I grew up in Kansas. That was my boyhood team. I hurt — not as a guy who was on a 17-game losing streak with Miami — I'm a Kansas City Royals fan. I can't admit that. You're the first one I've admitted it to. |