Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
BILL WALTONWhere else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
More Bill Walton Quotes
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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’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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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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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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If you’re living for today, if you’re only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn’t work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you’re on your way.
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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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I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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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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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!
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
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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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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
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