I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
BILL WALTONI can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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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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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 couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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I like a lot of other music and listen to a lot of other music, but one of the greatest things about the Grateful Dead is they played all the time.
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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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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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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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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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If you’re living for today, if you’re only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn’t work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you’re on your way.
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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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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But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
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