Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

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.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player. I am 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.

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.

If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.

Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.