The medical device tags that are being used [in the USA] are a terrible mistake. Why are we taxing people for trying to save lives and trying to make lives better, make peoples lives healthier? Those taxes should be placed on alcohol, tobacco, junk food, guns. Those are all the things that destroy health.

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

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

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

I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning about it .

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?

I'm a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.