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"As soon as you first saw Williams, coaching AU from 1978 to 1982, you knew he was destined for great things. Or else, for a padded room. He was crazy. Good crazy.
You would grab him for a quote as he strutted off the court, but your hand would slip because everything he wore was sopping wet. In 33 years, he has barely changed except somebody pruned his face and slipped a gray wig on him. The body's rail lean; he's still coaching on his haunches. Or he did until he hung up his straitjacket up for good this week."
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"As intense as he was during games, referees loved him. He almost always knew just how far he could go and usually put enough humor into his objections that he could avoid technical fouls.
Duke Edsall, who refereed in the ACC for years, loved to tell the story about working a first-round ACC tournament game years ago when Maryland was the No. 8 seed: "I ran by the bench and Gary said to me, 'Hey Duke, you know why we're in this game? Because we suck. You know why you're in this game? Because you suck too.' I mean, how can you tee a guy up after a line like that?""
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