When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
BILL WALTONThe NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
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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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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.
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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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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.
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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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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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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 went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there.
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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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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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