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.
BILL WALTONKazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.
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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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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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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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I’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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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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 started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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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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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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No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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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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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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