When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Where 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?
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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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 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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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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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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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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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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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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