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

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

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.

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?

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.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.