I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn’t speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
BILL WALTONI have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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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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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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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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 love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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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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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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