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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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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
Growing
Charts
Wooden
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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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Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
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Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?
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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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Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
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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 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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[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
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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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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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