Obviously, I chose this job because I m at the final stages of my coaching career, so to speak. I did not want to leave the Boston Celtics. I was hoping that would be my last job, and this will be my last job. When you go through your last coaching part of your life, you want to spend it with close friends, close associations, and I have so many of those types of people in Kentucky. Pitino has returned to Kentucky with a few more wrinkles and a whole lot more gray hairs.
Professional basketball is called a dog s life.
You either win or it s misery. That s what professional basketball is all about. I didn t enjoy the losing aspect, but I enjoyed professional basketball. It s a great league. It just didn t go well for us.