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You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.

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 have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

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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.

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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.

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