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.
BILL WALTONKevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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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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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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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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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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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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