You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
BILL WALTONThe passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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I 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 grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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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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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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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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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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The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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