64 Quotes by Bill Walton
Bill Walton, a basketball icon, left an indelible mark on the sport with his unique skill set, unselfish style of play, and remarkable basketball IQ. As a center, Walton showcased an exceptional blend of size, agility, and court vision that set him apart from his peers. He was a key player in the success of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics, winning multiple NBA championships throughout his career.
Walton's ability to dominate games through his rebounding, shot-blocking, and passing abilities made him a complete player and a formidable force on the court. Despite battling numerous injuries throughout his career, Walton's resilience and unwavering love for the game earned him the admiration of fans and fellow players alike. Off the court, Walton has become a beloved sports commentator and an influential figure in advocating for social and environmental causes. His passion for life and commitment to making a positive impact extend beyond basketball, making him an inspiration to athletes and individuals around the world.
Bill Walton Quotes
Winning is about having the whole team on the same page. (Meaning)
Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over. Those three things lead to the fourth pillar which is the hope and dream that tomorrow is going to be better. Without that you have not much at all.
Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.
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.
Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.
No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.
The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.
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 it's going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.
I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.
The medical device tags that are being used [in the USA] are a terrible mistake. Why are we taxing people for trying to save lives and trying to make lives better, make peoples lives healthier? Those taxes should be placed on alcohol, tobacco, junk food, guns. Those are all the things that destroy health.
My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.
There are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
That's what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I'm selling hope and life and success and that's why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.
Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.
Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?
When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.
Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.
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 hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.
When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!
Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!
When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life."
It changes over the course of life, depending on how you're feeling. There's this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you're hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.
You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. As if Michelangelo was reading and a lightening bolt flashed before him.
Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!
The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
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.
Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can't do anything.
If you're living for today, if you're only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn't work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you're on your way.
What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.
Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?
My relationship, my friendships with Grateful Dead, has shaped me. Our house is a shrine to all our musical heroes.
We grew up without a television, so we constantly had music playing in our house.
I'm a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
When I'm at a show, I'm yelling and cheering. I'm with those guys [the Grateful Dead].
During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.
I like a lot of other music and listen to a lot of other music, but one of the greatest things about the Grateful Dead is they played all the time.
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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.
If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?
Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!
Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.
Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.
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.
My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I'd like to ride my bike all day long but I've got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way.
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.
There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys.
It's the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you're on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry - they wear you out and there's nothing like being on a great team.
Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.
A huge Chinese population here in... Houston..
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.
― Bill Walton Quotes
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