Bill Walton Quotes

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Bill Walton

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 5, 1952

When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.

Bill Walton

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 missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.

Bill Walton

I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.

Bill Walton

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 machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

Bill Walton

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 and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.

Bill Walton

Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.

Bill Walton

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

Bill Walton

Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

Bill Walton