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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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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
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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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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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I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.
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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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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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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
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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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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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The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.
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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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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!
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In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.
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No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?
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When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.
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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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