Tim Duncan’s foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year’s playoffs. That’s not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.
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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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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
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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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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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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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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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 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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I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
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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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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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