“No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.”

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills.

When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.

My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.

I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.

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.

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.

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.

During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.

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.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

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.

Everybody in the NBA is good. And then you have the really good ones and the great ones.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money.

Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.

For me, as a 14-year-old aspiring to be in the NBA, I wanted to hear from players.

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.

I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.