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.
BILL WALTONWhen you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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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 have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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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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[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,
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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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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 learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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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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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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