I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
BILL WALTONThere 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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There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over.
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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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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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I’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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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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.
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When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.
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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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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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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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