Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
BILL WALTONGrowing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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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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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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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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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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 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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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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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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.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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I’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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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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