[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,
BILL WALTONIf 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I’m involved in all of that stuff.
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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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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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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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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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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over.
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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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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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I’m a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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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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