Bill Walton
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"William Theodore "Bill" Walton III" is an American retired basketball player and television sportscaster. Walton achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins men's basketball/UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, winning three successive College Player of the Year Awards, while leading the Bruins to two NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship/Division I national titles. He then went on to have a prominent career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) where he was a National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award/league Most Valuable Player (MVP) and won two List of NBA champions/NBA championships. His professional career was significantly hampered by multiple foot injuries. Walton was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 10, 1993 and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame that same year. He is the father of former professional basketball player Luke Walton.

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We don't know anything about Arkansas and Miami because they haven't played yet, and Ole Miss played last weekend.

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I feel very confident about what we can get done here, ... They already have an established tradition and a winning attitude. ... I want to continue the commitment to excellence.

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Winning and losing isn't important to me so much as playing to a certain level. If we play to the level that I expect our team to play at, we should have three victories this weekend.

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I couldn't pass it up, ... You get excited. ... It's a very prestigious program.

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I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

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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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No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

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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 Dylan's beard look good.

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(Ole Miss) had a great week. Their team hit over .300, and they've done some good things. They're coming in here undefeated (1-0), so we're going have to be ready to play Friday night.

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