I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.
BILL WALTONLife is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
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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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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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[Peter] Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-’60s with the Grateful Dead,
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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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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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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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Tim Duncan’s foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year’s playoffs. That’s not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.
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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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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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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