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.
BILL WALTONMy bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.
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I like a lot of other music and listen to a lot of other music, but one of the greatest things about the Grateful Dead is they played all the time.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I’ve had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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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’m a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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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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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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