I like a lot of other music and listen to a lot of other music, but one of the greatest things about the Grateful Dead is they played all the time.
BILL WALTONIt’s the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you’re on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry – they wear you out and there’s nothing like being on a great team.
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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain.
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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn’t speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
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Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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