No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
BILL WALTONI 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there.
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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.
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness.
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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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[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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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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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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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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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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I’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
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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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