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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Veteran driver Jenson Button is still considering his options for next season and is open to a move away from Formula One if the right challenge comes along. Guillermo Ochoa Jersey .The 2009 F1 champion is in the final year of his contract with McLaren and a decision is expected by the end of September.McLaren also must decide whether to stick with Button alongside Fernando Alonso for next year, or replace Button with Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne.I do have a few options in Formula One, which is great for me to still feel wanted, the 36-year-old Button said at the Belgian Grand Prix. But whether I am here or not, we will see in the next few weeks. My aim has always been to be able to win races in F1, and if this is not possible for me I will go and do something else.Button, who has won 15 GP races, is not saying what the other options are. Former F1 driver Mark Webber, for example, has made a successful transition to the World Endurance Championship.But Button hinted his future may even be outside of racing.I will do something where I can compete, he said. Whether it is racing or something else we will see. Probably I will surprise myself with my decision.Button certainly surprised himself with his performance in qualifying for Sundays Belgian GP, placing ninth in hot and difficult conditions in Spa on Saturday.The Q2 lap was as good as my pole (position) lap here in 2012, Button said. We definitely did not expect to qualify P9. 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Former Indiana?basketball player Todd Jadlow told ESPN he did not intend to demean Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight when he wrote in a recently released book about physical and emotional abuse his teammates endured under Knight in the late 1980s.The personal memoir Jadlow: On The Rebound recounts Jadlows life as a member of the Hoosiers national championship team in 1987, as well as his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction, depression and ultimately prison in the years after.Jadlow, who played for the Hoosiers from 1985 to 89, co-wrote the book with journalist Tom Brew. Jadlow also discussed his experiences in an interview with local Indianapolis television station WTHR earlier Tuesday.I wrote this book to be honest about my life, Jadlow told ESPN in a phone interview from his home in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday night. I didnt go into it to demean Coach Knight or put him down. I was just telling stories when I was at IU. Its not like I had a vendetta. I still have a lot of respect for him and look at him as a father figure. I didnt do this to tarnish him. I went through my own struggles, but these things happened at Indiana. I will let people who read this book and consider if its abuse or torment by todays standards. If things went on today like they did, then you would be in jail.Jadlow rattled off a few instances from his past that he said are in his book, such as Knight punching him in the back of his head with a closed fist during a walk-through prior to an NCAA tournament game against Seton Hall;?Knight grabbing him so hard that he had bruise marks on his side; and Knight squeezing him in his groin during a timeout. Jadlow said these incidents happened in 1989.UCLA coach Steve Alford, who was at Indiana from 1983 to 87 and played two seasons with Jadlow two years prior to these aforementioned incidents, told ESPN in a text message on Tuesday night, None of that ever happened while I was at IU -- NONE. Raul Jimenez Jersey. Jadlow said he was giving an honest account of what its like to play under Coach Knight. When we won, it was country club. When we lost, it was pure hell.Jadlow said Indiana administrators watched all the practices and accepted it. He said todays standards wouldnt have allowed it to occur.WTHR reporter Bob Kravitz wrote Tuesday that he reached out to Knight and those close to him to respond to Jadlows claims, but Knight wasnt interested in giving a comment.Knight, who coached the Hoosiers for 29 seasons, was fired after Indiana president Myles Brand cited, in part, an unacceptable pattern of behavior by Knight.?Knight went on to coach at Texas Tech?for seven seasons and later worked as a college basketball analyst for ESPN.Jadlow said he has received support from former teammates and alumni since the story broke but also has been criticized for coming forward with his claims.Jadlow said his life bottomed out when he was driving over 100 mph with his then-2-year-old daughter in the backseat. Jadlows low points also included drug use and trafficking in South America and a number of DUIs.Jadlow ultimately served a year in jail, as well as another six months of work release and halfway house programs during a probationary period. Jadlow, now 50, travels the country sharing his story with high school and college students, he said, hoping to prevent them following the path that I did.Jadlow said he tried to interview Knight for his book but was not able to get a response. He said he was once close with Knights son, Pat Knight.I kept saying this is just a game, this is just a game, Jadlow said of dealing with playing for Knight. This book isnt about Coach Knight. ' ' '