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.
BILL WALTONThat’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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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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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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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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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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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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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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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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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