I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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 was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn’t speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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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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Tim Duncan’s foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year’s playoffs. That’s not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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’m a lifelong stutterer.
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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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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Being 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.
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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 Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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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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