During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
BILL WALTONLife 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.
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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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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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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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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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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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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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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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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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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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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’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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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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