I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can't be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers. The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!

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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

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There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over. Those three things lead to the fourth pillar which is the hope and dream that tomorrow is going to be better. Without that you have not much at all.

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I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.

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

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I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

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Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.

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Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

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I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

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The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

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When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.

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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics

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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.

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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.

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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.

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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.

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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

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John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!

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That's what makes it so fun to be on a team. You're sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it's going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.

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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.

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Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.

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