Bill Walton Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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- Basketball,
- Bike,
- Books,
- Championships,
- Coaches,
- Dreams,
- Dylan,
- Funny,
- Growing Up,
- House,
- Inspirational,
- Sports,
- Team,
- Teamwork,
- Today,
- Vision,
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“Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.”
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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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“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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“No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.”
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“I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.”
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“The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.”
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“I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.”
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“Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.”
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“The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!”
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“I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.”
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“Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.”
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“Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.”
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“I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.”
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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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“Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.”
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“I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.”
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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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“You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. As if Michelangelo was reading and a lightening bolt flashed before him.”
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“When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics”
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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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“Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!”
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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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“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.”
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“Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.”
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“My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.”
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“My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I'd like to ride my bike all day long but I've got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way.”
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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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“Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!”
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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?”
-- Bill Walton