Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
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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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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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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 grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
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What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
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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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Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
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Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.
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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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Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.
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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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I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.
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I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
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Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
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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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Music is my life. It’s inseparable from anything else that I do.
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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
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It changes over the course of life, depending on how you’re feeling. There’s this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you’re hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
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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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Tracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
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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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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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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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