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.
BILL WALTONThe visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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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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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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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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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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We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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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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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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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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There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You’re talking about men vs. boys.
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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I’m a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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