I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
BILL WALTONI 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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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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There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
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I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
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Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
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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.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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.
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I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I’ve had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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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.
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When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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Tim Duncan’s foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year’s playoffs. That’s not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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