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?

My relationship, my friendships with Grateful Dead, has shaped me. Our house is a shrine to all our musical heroes.

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 could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

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