[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
BILL WALTONTracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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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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.
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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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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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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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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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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.
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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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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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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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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
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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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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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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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