053124 post in honor of the late Bill Walton...

Larry Bird shared a heartfelt statement on

Bill Walton’s passing.

 

The NBA lost a legendary player and personality

on Monday May 27^th, 2024, as Bill Walton died

aged 71 years.

 

He was a two-time NBA champion who won a title

with the Boston Celtics in 1986,

passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer.

 

Celtics great Larry Bird was among those to share

A statement on Bill Walton’s passing.

 

Here’s what he wrote about his former teammate,

via ESPN’s Tim Bontemps…

 

"I am very sorry about my good friend, Bill Walton.

 I love him as a friend and teammate.

It was a thrill for me to play with my childhood idol

and together we earned an NBA Championship in 1986.

He is one of the greatest ever to play the game.

I am sure that all my teammates are as grateful as I

am that we were able to know Bill,

he was such a joy to know, and he will be sorely missed.

My family and I extend our sincere condolences to the

Walton family."

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/larry-bird-shares-heartfelt-statement-000321247.html

 

Walton, among the most decorated college basketball

players of all time, led UCLA to back-to-back NCAA titles

as a sophomore and junior (1972, 1973),

culminating in a string of seven consecutive NCAA

championships won by the Bruins from 1967 through 1973.

 

He was a charter member of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame

in 1984 and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial

Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993,

after playing in the NBA from 1974-87.

 

Walton, who grew up in San Diego and attended

Helix High School,

played for legendary UCLA head coach John Wooden as the

Bruins' starting center for three seasons (1972-74).

 

Playing at UCLA before freshmen student-athletes could

compete on the varsity squad,

Walton starred on UCLA's freshman team in 1970-71.

 

Walton played on UCLA's only varsity teams to record

back-to-back perfect 30-0 seasons in 1972 and 1973,

helping the Bruins compile an 86-4 overall record in

three years.

 

His UCLA teams won their first 73 games,

as the Bruins had extended their winning streak to 88

consecutive games (the NCAA men's basketball record).

During his three varsity seasons,

the Bruins went 49-0 in Pauley Pavilion,

as part of a 98-game home winning streak that spanned

the 1970-71 through 1975-76 basketball seasons.

 

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2024-05-27/ucla-mourns-loss-iconic-hall-famer-bill-walton

 

 

 

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My post today is in loving memory of our

Grand-son Colson Lee Clark who passed

Today four years ago.

We remember Allison & Daniel

and the girls today as we all think

about Colson who is in the

arms of Jesus in Heaven.

- Hayden Childs

 

The Value of a Smile…

One little knows the value of a smile,

Or the exceeding greatness of some laughter,

Until he is without them for a while,

Then the joy is greater felt thereafter.

- James E. Gibbons

 ***

Abraham Lincoln's

Favorite Devotionals

May 28

 

“We ask you, Christian brothers,

to respect those who work among you.

The Lord has placed them over you

and they are your teachers.

1 Thess. 5:12, 13

 

How beauteous are their feet,
Who stand on Zion's hill;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

The Believer’s Daily Treasure

 

***

Learn the fundamentals of the game

and stick to them.

Band-Aid remedies never last.

- Jack Nicklaus

 

Confidence is the most important

single factor in this game,

and no matter how great your

natural talent,

there is only one way to obtain

and sustain it…  work.

- Jack Nicklaus

 

I'm a firm believer that in the theory

that people only do their

best at things they truly enjoy.

It is difficult to excel at something

you don't enjoy.

- Jack Nicklaus

 

I never hit a shot, not even in practice,

without having a very sharp,

in-focus picture of it in my head.

First, I see the ball where I want it to finish,

nice and white and sitting up high on the

bright green grass.

Then the scene quickly changes,

and I see the ball going there…

its path, trajectory, and shape,

even its behavior on landing.

Then there is a sort of fade-out,

and the next scene shows me making the

kind of swing that will turn the previous

images into reality.

- Jack Nicklaus

 

 

 

052524 post...

You get strong

By going uphill.

- Alan Stein Jr.

 

The habit of persistence

is the habit of victory.

- Herbert Kaufman 

 

He that does good for good’s sake

Seeks neither praise nor reward,

But he is sure of both in the end.

- Anonymous

 

Success depends almost

entirely on how effectively

you learn to manage the

game’s two ultimate adversaries…

the course and yourself.

- Jack Nicklaus

 

 

I am currently reading Jon Sherman’s

101 Mistakes All Golfers Make

(And How To Fix Them)

 

Here is golf dedicated website…

https://practical-golf.com/