I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
BILL WALTONThere 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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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 couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.
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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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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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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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That’s what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I’m selling hope and life and success and that’s why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.
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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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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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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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