“During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.”

Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment?

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills.

When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.

My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.

I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.

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.

That’s what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I’m selling hope and life and success and that’s why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.

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.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

When you go to a great concert something that happens is there is a deep sense of communality and connectedness one to another – as though we are all looking to eachother and saying yeah, we get it, we’re all on one page.

My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist.