Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
BILL WALTONWhen you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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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 started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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I’ve had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don’t work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
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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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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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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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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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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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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’m mainstream. Always have been.
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