Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
BILL WALTONI’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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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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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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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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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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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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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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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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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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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There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
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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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