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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.

Bill Walton

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.
BILL WALTON

Eight Kind School Team Ucla
My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
BILL WALTON

Church Gym Wheelchair
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 WALTON

Basketball Greatest Player Team
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 WALTON

Basketball Motivational Player
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
BILL WALTON

League Player Unathletic
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.
BILL WALTON

Inspiration Reflection Soul
Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Grow Up Ucla
The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
BILL WALTON

Athetisicm Magic Toughness Vision
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.
BILL WALTON

Dad Play Sight
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.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Factor Thinking Years
Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
BILL WALTON

Else Inseparable Life Music
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Change Years
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.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Country Growing Teamwork
It changes over the course of life, depending on how you’re feeling. There’s this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you’re hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
BILL WALTON

Catalog Dream Feelings Incredible Song
I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
BILL WALTON

Learning Play Terrible
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.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Hitting Running

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