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 WALTONThat’s what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I’m selling hope and life and success and that’s why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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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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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.
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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 started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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If you’re living for today, if you’re only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn’t work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you’re on your way.
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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 passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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