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.

— Bill Walton

Bill Walton Quotes

Well, we’ve made some changes on this tour. We’re no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We’ve been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we’re just having too much fun.

— Bill Walton

Right now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.

— Bill Walton

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.

— Bill Walton

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.

— Bill Walton

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.

— Bill Walton

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

— 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

Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.

— Bill Walton

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.

— Bill Walton

I’m a lifelong stutterer.

— Bill Walton

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

— Bill Walton

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

I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.

— 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

Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all.

— Bill Walton

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

— Bill Walton

Luck

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.

— Bill Walton

When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.

— Bill Walton

Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can’t do anything.

— Bill Walton

If you’re living for today, if you’re only dreaming about yesterday, it doesn’t work. You got to know that tomorrow is going to be better. Then you’re on your way.

— Bill Walton

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