"There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder."
"The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up."
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Source: PRO BASKETBALL;The Knicks' Family Man by Mike Wise, www.nytimes.com. November 22, 1995.
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