I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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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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The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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If you’re living for today, if you’re only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn’t work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you’re on your way.
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The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I’m an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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I mean, I’m 6-foot-11, I’ve got red hair, freckles, I’m a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I’ve got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I’m a Deadhead.
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!
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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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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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