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Vitale Steals the Show at Star-Studded Induction
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"When I played against Hakeem, I definitely wanted to be at my best," Ewing said.
Riley, after winning championships as a player and assistant, won five more as a coach -- four with the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s, and another with the Miami Heat in 2006. It took that final title, Riley said, to convince a lot of people that he really was a good coach.
"I truly believe that what happened in Miami validated what probably a lot of people felt that I might not be able to do, and that what I did in New York and what I did in L.A. maybe was because there was just a lot of good players," said Riley, now Heat president.
Dantley, a DeMatha graduate who made it in after being a finalist for the Hall of Fame six other times, also spoke of validation. He played for seven NBA teams during his 15-year career, scoring over 23,000 points. But he never felt that he got the respect he deserved.
"All those other guys, they were supposed to get in, they were talented," Dantley said. "But I got in through hard work."
Rush, a pioneer in women's sports, was 149-15 in her seven years at Immaculata, leading her team to three consecutive national championships between 1972-74.
Davidson, whose teams have won three NBA titles and two in the WNBA, played a key role in structuring the NBA's salary cap and free agency systems.
