Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
BILL WALTONI grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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It’s the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you’re on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry – they wear you out and there’s nothing like being on a great team.
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Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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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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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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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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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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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’m a lifelong stutterer.
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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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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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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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