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.
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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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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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 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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We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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[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,
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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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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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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You’re talking about men vs. boys.
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