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Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

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Bill Walton
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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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 believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.
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I'm a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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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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Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!
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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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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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Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.
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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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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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The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?
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Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.
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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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I live by the motto of chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life.
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