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.
BILL WALTONI couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
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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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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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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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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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[Peter] Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-’60s with 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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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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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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