When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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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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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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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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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.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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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 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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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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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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I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
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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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