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.
BILL WALTONWhen you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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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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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 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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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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I’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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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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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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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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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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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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