I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
BILL WALTONThere 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.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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I love to play music. I’m terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
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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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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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I’m mainstream. Always have been.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
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That’s what makes it so fun to be on a team. You’re sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it’s going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.
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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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