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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.

Bill Walton

My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
BILL WALTON

Church Gym Wheelchair
I like a lot of other music and listen to a lot of other music, but one of the greatest things about the Grateful Dead is they played all the time.
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Grateful Listen Music Other
Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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Conferences Eastern Player
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.
BILL WALTON

Book Grateful Teamwork
I’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
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Children Ipods Shuffle Wife
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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Fate Guarantees Life Simple
No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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Basketball Game Matter Something
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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Basketball Inspirational Men Quality
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.
BILL WALTON

Artwork Banf Exploration Inspire Joy More Teamwork
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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Basketball Civilization Mean Nasty
The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
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Avid Book Collector Passion
John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
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Basketball Civilization Country
Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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Climbing Getting Back Hot
[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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Inspiration Music Term Want
Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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Disaster Follow Team
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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Art Athletic Literature Parent

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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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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