PC: If I'm propositioned, I wouldn't know it. I wouldn't know a groupie from a fan or a friend. I'm friendly with everyone.
PB: Who's the sexiest female sportscaster out there?
PC: Hannah Storm. I like her savvy. She knows sports and she's pretty; she gets my vote.
PB: The Washington Redskins have a young owner, Daniel Snyder, who stacked his team with expensive free agents and meddled in his coach's affairs. The Skins were a bust. Is there a lesson to be learned from Snyder?
PC: We all have a three-ring binder that I call life. I love opening other people's binders and taking pages out. Concerning Daniel Snyder, if that's how he wants to do it, so be it. But that's not me. I'm not a basketball expert, so I delegate that authority. Whether Snyder did it right or wrong, if he's not in the playoffs, then it didn't work.
PB: Snyder also demanded his players call him "Mr. Snyder." What do your players call you?
PC: I insist they call me Pat. I insist everyone call me Pat. Mr. Croce was my dad, and he's dead. I wish he was here, 'cuz he would've loved all this. I manage by open-door policy, but my door is open so I can get out. After this, I'll be in the training room with the players, talk to the coach, go up to the stands, talk to the concessionaires. They're all like, "Yo, Pat!" like I'm Rocky. That's my approach. I can't say it's the right approach, but it's mine. I don't wear a sport jacket; I don't understand sport jackets. Give me a leather jacket.
PB: How is what you do each day different from the guy who runs his fantasy team from his computer?
PC: He doesn't have to constantly put out fires. He doesn't have to deal with Coach Brown taking time off, Allen Iverson's rap album and calls from the Gay and Lesbian Coalition, Mothers Against Violence, the NAACP, the Martin Luther King Association.
PB: So you're giving away a lot of free tickets these days.
PC: No, I'm trying to find out how we can rectify these situations so that everyone is happy.
PB: Metaphorically speaking, who has the bigger dick, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban or Pat Croce?
PC: Cuban! Are you kidding me? He's got all those commas behind his name. A year ago, he followed me around to see what I do, and he stole it all! I love what he's doing. He's wild; he makes me look like a saint.
PB: Have you played much ball yourself?
