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.
BILL WALTON[Peter] Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-’60s with the Grateful Dead,
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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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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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But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You’re talking about men vs. boys.
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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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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I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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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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John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
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Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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