That’s what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I’m selling hope and life and success and that’s why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.
BILL WALTONIf Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
More Bill Walton Quotes
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I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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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.
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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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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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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The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I’m involved in all of that stuff.
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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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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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It’s the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you’re on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry – they wear you out and there’s nothing like being on a great team.
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I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.
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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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