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
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?
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.
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.
Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.
I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
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.
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!
Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.
The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.
When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense
A huge Chinese population here in... Houston.
Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?