That’s what makes it so fun to be on a team. You’re sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it’s going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
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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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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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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There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over.
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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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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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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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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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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 believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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