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 WALTONIf Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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.
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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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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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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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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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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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
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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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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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