During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
BILL WALTONBeing 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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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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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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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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I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can’t be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers.
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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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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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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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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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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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[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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