Believe me I had a lot of teammates in all the 14 years I played for the Bulls. I respected each one of them. I just wanted them to win, no matter how you lookedatit. Doug Collins came at the same time when I was trying to play at the summer time. He said "well, you are part of the organization and the organization said you can't play at the summer time." I said "you read the things in my contract; in my contract I have the 'love the game' clause. That means I can play anytime I want, any place I want." And Doug looked at me and said "you are right, you are right." And that's how we became a little closer. Jerry Krause is right there and Jerry is not here. Obviously I don't know who'd invite him, I didn't. But, I hope he
understands it goes a long way. He is a very competitive person. I was a very competitive person. He said organizations win championships. I said "I didn't see organizations playing with the flu in Utah. I didn't see it playing with a bad ankle."Granted, granted, I think organizations put together teams, but attheendoftheday, team's got to go out and play. I think the players win the championship, and the organizations
hassomethingtodowith it, don'tgetmewrong. But don't try to put the organization above players. Because attheendoftheday, players still have got to go out of there and perform. You guys have got to pay us, but I've still got to go out and play.