[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,
BILL WALTONIf 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You’re talking about men vs. boys.
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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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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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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.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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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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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I’ve had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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