I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
BILL WALTONDoug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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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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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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When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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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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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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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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