The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
BILL WALTONI’m a lifelong stutterer.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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 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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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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’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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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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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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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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