The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
BILL WALTONBeing a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
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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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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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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain.
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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’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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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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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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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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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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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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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can’t be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers.
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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 lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
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