[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 WALTONIt 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.
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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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.
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I mean, I’m 6-foot-11, I’ve got red hair, freckles, I’m a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I’ve got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I’m a Deadhead.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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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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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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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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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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I’m a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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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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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 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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