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

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

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.

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.

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.

I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .

I 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.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.

If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

A lot of people didn’t get to see Butler’s skills throughout the course of the season.

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.