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Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.

Bill Walton

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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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When I'm at a show, I'm yelling and cheering. I'm with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
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I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
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I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that's what the Grateful Dead is all about.
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Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.
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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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Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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