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.
BILL WALTONThe 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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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 are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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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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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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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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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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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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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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