No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
BILL WALTONI 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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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.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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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.
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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 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 had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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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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When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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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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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.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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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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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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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.
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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.
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I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there.
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