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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.

Bill Walton

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Grow Up Ucla
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.
BILL WALTON

Grateful Listen Music Other
It’s the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you’re on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry – they wear you out and there’s nothing like being on a great team.
BILL WALTON

Hot Pleasurable Team World
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.
BILL WALTON

Dad Play Sight
I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
BILL WALTON

Believe Canyons Evolution
We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.
BILL WALTON

Basketball Inspirational Men Quality
I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
BILL WALTON

Learning Play Terrible
During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
BILL WALTON

Concerts Constantly Courses Dead Grateful Player
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
BILL WALTON

Art Athletic Literature Parent
[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 WALTON

Getting Grateful Ready Song Strong
There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over.
BILL WALTON

Dream Home Starting
Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
BILL WALTON

Disaster Follow Team
I’m mainstream. Always have been.
BILL WALTON

Always Basketball Mainstream
I’m a lifelong stutterer.
BILL WALTON

Life Lifelong Slutterer
Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
BILL WALTON

Happiness Highest Levels
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.
BILL WALTON

Boys Collection Fantastic Grateful Teenager

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