When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
BILL WALTONIf the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
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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 started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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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 I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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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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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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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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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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It changes over the course of life, depending on how you’re feeling. There’s this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you’re hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
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