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I'm a lifelong stutterer.

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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
Lifelong

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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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Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
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I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning about it .
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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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Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.
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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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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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When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.
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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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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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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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Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
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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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Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!
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Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
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A huge Chinese population here in... Houston.
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Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!
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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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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 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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