A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
BILL WALTON[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,
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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[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,
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I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I’m involved in all of that stuff.
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The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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I’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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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.
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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.
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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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