I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
BILL WALTON[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,
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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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 had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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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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The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
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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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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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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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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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That’s what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I’m selling hope and life and success and that’s why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.
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