That’s what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I’m selling hope and life and success and that’s why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.
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’m mainstream. Always have been.
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I mean, I’m 6-foot-11, I’ve got red hair, freckles, I’m a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I’ve got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I’m a Deadhead.
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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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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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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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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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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No matter how good you get, there’s always something further out there.
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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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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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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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