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.
BILL WALTONKevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He’s already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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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 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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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
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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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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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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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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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