I’m mainstream. Always have been.
BILL WALTONI’m mainstream. Always have been.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
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[Peter] Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-’60s with the Grateful Dead,
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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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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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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I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can’t be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers.
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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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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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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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