May 13, 2008

Bob McKillop in his office: “My brother liked Duke Snider. My next-door neighbor liked Willie Mays. I loved Mickey Mantle. The pinstripes.”

David Sink in Mooresville: “I remember talking to Tom Richards, and McKillop was just killing Jason in practice, and I said to him: ‘I think McKillop really thinks Jason’s going to be a fine player.’”

John Bell on the phone from Atlanta: “There were no consequences. It was a liberating, sort of freeing experience. You don’t get that many of those.”

Kerrin McKillop at Summitt: “He runs somewhere around 40 minutes a day. I think it hurts him. I think it hurts his knees.”