Bill Walton
BILL WALTON
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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There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over.
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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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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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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 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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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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That’s what makes it so fun to be on a team. You’re sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it’s going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
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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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