Bill Walton Quotes

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• You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
• Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
• Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!
• Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith…
• I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot…
• Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
• No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.
• Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
• Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
• 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 might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
• 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…
• I'm mainstream. Always have been.
• Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.
• Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
• That's what makes it so fun to be on a team. You're sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how…
• Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in…
• Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
• A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
• At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player. I am a better person because of my failures…

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