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Bill Walton Inspirational Quotes (64)

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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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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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I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
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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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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
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I'm a lifelong stutterer.
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Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.
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Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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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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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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You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
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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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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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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 medical device tags that are being used [in the USA] are a terrible mistake. Why are we taxing people for trying to save lives and trying to make lives better, make peoples lives healthier? Those taxes should be placed on alcohol, tobacco, junk food, guns. Those are all the things that destroy health.
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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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Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
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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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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 live by the motto of chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life.
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