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Basketball Quotes by Bill Walton
- 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.
- 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…
- John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
- Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.
- We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better…
- 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…
- No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I…
- 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…
- But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob…
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- These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me,… — Charles Barkley
- Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while. — Charles Barkley
- You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black. — Charles Barkley
- My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm… — Charles Barkley
- Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train. — Charles Barkley
- My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character. — Charles Barkley
- The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work. — Charles Barkley
- If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other… — Charles Barkley