Bill Walton
Bill Walton
William Theodore "Bill" Walton IIIis an American retired basketball player and television sportscaster. Walton achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early 1970s, winning three successive College Player of the Year Awards, while leading the Bruins to two Division I national titles. He then went on to have a prominent career in the National Basketball Associationwhere he was a league Most Valuable Playerand won two NBA championships. His professional career was significantly hampered by multiple foot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 November 1952
CityLa Mesa, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!
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.
I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston.. actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics.. it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly.
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.
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.
I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.
Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
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.
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.
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'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.