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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.

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,
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Getting Grateful Ready Song Strong
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
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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Basketball Greatest Player Team
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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Basketball Hitting Running
When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.
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Finding Forget never Talking Yourself
I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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Hemisphere Looks Sports
I’m a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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Basketball Friend Grateful Met Player
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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Anything Athlete Hate Hurt
The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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Cliffs Even Men Unstoppable
Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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Bird Skills Strenght
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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League Player Unathletic
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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Country Missing Shots
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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Football Future Games Player
I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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Get Health Long Well
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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Basketball Ncaa Trying Ucla Working
Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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Inspiration Reflection Soul

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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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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