I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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.
Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.
I'm mainstream. Always have been.
[Peter] Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-'60s with the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
I'm a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.
We grew up without a television, so we constantly had music playing in our house.
There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys.
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.
The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!
It's the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you're on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry - they wear you out and there's nothing like being on a great team.
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.
When I'm at a show, I'm yelling and cheering. I'm with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
I like a lot of other music and listen to a lot of other music, but one of the greatest things about the Grateful Dead is they played all the time.
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?
