I’m mainstream. Always have been.
BILL WALTONThe only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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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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I mean, I’m 6-foot-11, I’ve got red hair, freckles, I’m a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I’ve got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I’m a Deadhead.
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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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It’s the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you’re on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry – they wear you out and there’s nothing like being on a great team.
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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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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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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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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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Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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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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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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