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Bill Walton

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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Basketball Civilization Country
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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Anything Athlete Hate Hurt
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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Inspiration Reflection Soul
When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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Deliberating Life Pain Years
If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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Going Johnson Jumpers
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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Basketball Inspirational Opportunity
[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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Inspiration Music Term Want
Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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Conferences Eastern Player
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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Beautiful Creativity Game Happen
I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
BILL WALTON

Get Health Long Well
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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League Player Unathletic
The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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Athetisicm Magic Toughness Vision
It changes over the course of life, depending on how you’re feeling. There’s this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you’re hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
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Catalog Dream Feelings Incredible Song
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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Basketball Grow Up Ucla
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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Basketball Civilization Mean Nasty
I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
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Basketball Country Growing Teamwork
Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
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Basketball Hitting Running
I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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Dream Move Moving Sleep
The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
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Happen People Responsibility Television
Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
BILL WALTON

Else Inseparable Life Music
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.
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Business Encompasses Skills Sports Today
Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Bills Player
Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
BILL WALTON

Happiness Highest Levels
No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Game Matter Something
Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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Climbing Getting Back Hot
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
BILL WALTON

Art Athletic Literature Parent
Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Aspect Games Used

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