Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

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.

Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.

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.

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.

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