The toughest part was holding it in. You experience one of the greatest moments of your life and you can't talk about it publicly for four days?
George McGinnis felt like he was going to burst last week, after learning on Tuesday he had been voted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Finally, belatedly and gratefully.
"Oh, my God," McGinnis recalled of his reaction when told of his selection — and of the need to keep quiet about it — last Tuesday. "How can you hold this? I couldn't wait until Saturday came. Saturday at 10 it started coming across the ticker in ESPN.