“[Peter] Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-’60s with the Grateful Dead,”

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.

I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there.

There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I’ve had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.

What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.

Tim Duncan’s foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year’s playoffs. That’s not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.

It’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.

I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.

That’s what makes it so fun to be on a team. You’re sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it’s going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.

I’m mainstream. Always have been.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.

You see guys getting in trouble, but you also see the good in people. It’s just a matter of always learning.

Don’t just give up, Hachiko. Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time. If you keep getting up, you win.

You just have to keep getting up’. And I look back and they were right. They were all right.

I’m getting paid to wake up America every morning!

Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.

You know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying .

Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:

You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.