Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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More Bill Walton Quotes
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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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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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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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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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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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The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I’m involved in all of that stuff.
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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 have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
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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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But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
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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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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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I’m a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.
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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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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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