If you’re living for today, if you’re only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn’t work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you’re on your way.
BILL WALTONI 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.
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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 grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
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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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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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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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