Watch | Pitino opens up in lengthy interview

The University of Louisville had just won the 2013 NCAA basketball championship when Cardinals coach Rick Pitino received a message.

An NBA team, though Pitino wouldn't say which one, was interested in him becoming the general manager.

"I said to them, 'Didn't you see the stellar job I did in Boston?'" Pitino joked, referring to his frustrating three-plus seasons as coach and team president of the Celtics.

The exchange was part of a candid interview Pitino had with Sports Illustrated writer and CBS basketball analyst Seth Davis in recent days. The full video was posted Thursday on CampusInsiders.com.

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The pair talked about Pitino's future, the extortion trial that damaged his reputation, and the lengthy October press conference in which Pitino railed against shoe companies and their influence on college basketball recruiting.

What prompted the NBA comment was Davis's question if Pitino would ever consider another career move after Louisville. Pitino, who turned 62 in September, said his name hasn't been mentioned in job searches "in three or four years."

"I'm probably four years removed from that," Pitino said. "I think I'm past that stage in my life where I take on another challenge. I haven't even considered anything."

In March, just after Louisville's 74-69 loss to Kentucky in the Sweet 16, Pitino referred to the game as the "end of an era." When a reporter sought clarification on the comment, thinking perhaps the Hall of Fame coach was considering his own future plans, Pitino brushed it off.

Over the summer, Pitino's son, Richard, and several of Rick's coaching friends said the U of L coach, whose contract with U of L runs through 2022, seemed more energetic than ever. One coach suggested Pitino could go "another 10 years or more."

His answer on Davis's show seemed to reflect that.

"He shows no sign of slowing down," Richard Pitino said of his dad in July. "I really don't see any reason to retire any time soon."

Pitino stirred up the college basketball world last month, questioning the role of shoe companies in elite high school basketball. The money that comes with that influence, Pitino said at the time, has too much of an impact on recruiting.

But, Pitino added, as long as college coaches make money from those same shoe companies -- Pitino himself included -- changing the way elite basketball players are evaluated seems unlikely.

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Davis challenged him on the subject. Pitino maintained his stance, saying the NCAA should run recruiting camps and tournaments instead of shoe companies.

"It's all about the money, and we make it," Pitino said. "Our pockets are lined with shoe money. Let the NCAA run the summer recruiting. Let the NCAA run it in three different weeks (and teach) all the players and all the coaches the rules of recruiting."

The conversation also touched on Pitino's time since his extortion trial and the fallout from it four years ago. Davis asked the coach to reflect on the experience, wondering what Pitino had learned from it.

"Something I preached all my life is tell the truth," Pitino said. "When you hurt people you love -- your children, your wife, your family -- it kills you. It's disturbing. Once you get by that, you're now concentrating on making things better. But unless you tell the truth right away, you've got problems down the road, and you don't want that."