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 WALTONWhere 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?
More Bill Walton Quotes
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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 had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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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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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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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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[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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But 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.
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I believe in science and evolution. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon.
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Basketball, Sports, Winning, Average
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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.
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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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