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.
BILL WALTONI hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can’t be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life 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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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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That’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.
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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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The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
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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?
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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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