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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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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
Balls
Getting
Easy
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Bounces
Happens
Bounce
Back
Climbing
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