Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

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

I'm mainstream. Always have been.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.