Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
BILL WALTONDuring the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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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.
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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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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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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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It changes over the course of life, depending on how you’re feeling. There’s this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you’re hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
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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.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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I mean, I’m 6-foot-11, I’ve got red hair, freckles, I’m a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I’ve got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I’m a Deadhead.
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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
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