Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
BILL WALTON[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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It changes over the course of life, depending on how you’re feeling. There’s this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you’re hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
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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 went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there.
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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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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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That’s what makes it so fun to be on a team. You’re sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it’s going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
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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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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
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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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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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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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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.
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I’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
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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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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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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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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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