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 WALTONI lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.
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I’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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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 couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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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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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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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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