No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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.
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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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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Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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I’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
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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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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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