I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

Music is my life. It's inseparable from anything else that I do.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

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.

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