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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
I'm a lifelong stutterer.
When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.
My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I'd like to ride my bike all day long but I've got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way.
I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!
I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.
Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.
If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?
If you're living for today, if you're only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn't work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you're on your way.
I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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.
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. The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
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.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.
I'm mainstream. Always have been.
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.
Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.
The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.
Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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.
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can't do anything.
Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.
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. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.
Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?
You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. As if Michelangelo was reading and a lightening bolt flashed before him.
Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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.
Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.
I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston.. actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics.. it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly.
Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit ... he has it all.
I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no.
Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!
When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.
You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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.
Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!
The medical device tags that are being used [in the USA] are a terrible mistake. Why are we taxing people for trying to save lives and trying to make lives better, make peoples lives healthier? Those taxes should be placed on alcohol, tobacco, junk food, guns. Those are all the things that destroy health.
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
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.
That's what makes it so fun to be on a team. You're sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it's going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.