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.
BILL WALTONMy bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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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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[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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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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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 a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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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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