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.

I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.

That's what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I'm selling hope and life and success and that's why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.

When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.

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.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.