I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn’t speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
BILL WALTONThat’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.
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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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The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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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.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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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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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I’ve had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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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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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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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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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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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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain.
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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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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’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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