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.
BILL WALTONAnytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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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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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.
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John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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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I’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.
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That’s what makes it so fun to be on a team. You’re sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it’s going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
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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 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 learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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