I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
BILL WALTONBut you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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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 hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can’t be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers.
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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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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
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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 are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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When I’m at a show, I’m yelling and cheering. I’m with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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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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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.
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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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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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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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