Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.
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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There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You’re talking about men vs. boys.
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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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I’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
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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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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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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
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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 might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I’ve had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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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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 couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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