Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
Important
Guy
Saner
Make
Lives
Stern
Never
Use
David
Men
History
Improve
World
Inspirational
Thank
Place
Basketball
Better
Vision
Enough
Quality

More quotes by Bill Walton

Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.
Bill Walton
Image
I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that's what the Grateful Dead is all about.
Bill Walton
Image
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
Bill Walton
Image
Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.
Bill Walton
Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.
Bill Walton
Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.
Bill Walton
Image
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
Image
I'm a lifelong stutterer.
Bill Walton
Image
No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.
Bill Walton
Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
Bill Walton
Image
Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
Bill Walton
Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.
Bill Walton
Image
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.
Bill Walton
Image
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
Bill Walton