John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
BILL WALTONGrowing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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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’m mainstream. Always have been.
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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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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.
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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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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
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