I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
BILL WALTONKevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
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There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
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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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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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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