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?
BILL WALTONBill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I’m involved in all of that stuff.
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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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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It’s the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you’re on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry – they wear you out and there’s nothing like being on a great team.
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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
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There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You’re talking about men vs. boys.
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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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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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