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.
BILL WALTONNever rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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 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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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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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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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 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 learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
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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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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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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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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 had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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