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.

[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.

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.'