Bill Walton Quotes

You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. As if Michelangelo was reading and a lightening bolt flashed before him.

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

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.

The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!

You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.

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.

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.

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.

We grew up without a television, so we constantly had music playing in our house.

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.

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?

I'm mainstream. Always have been.

I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there. The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I'm involved in all of that stuff.

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 and disgraces.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

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

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.

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

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.

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.

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.

During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.

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.

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!

I'm a lifelong stutterer.

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.

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.

When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.

I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.

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.

Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.

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

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.

Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

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.

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.

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 Richards.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning about it .

Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!

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 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.