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.
BILL WALTONI couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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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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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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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When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else’s success?
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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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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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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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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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When 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.
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My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain.
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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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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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