I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
BILL WALTONAnytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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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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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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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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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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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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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.
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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.
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