Best 93 quotes of Bill Walton on MyQuotes

A huge Chinese population here in... Houston.

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

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.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

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 Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

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

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

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

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

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

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

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can't be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers. The NCAA is working night and day trying to get Jerry, but no one from the NCAA ever questioned me during my four years at UCLA!

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.

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

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

I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.

I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life.

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 love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.

I'm a different person today than I was yesterday. I live for the moment and everything that happens in my life changes me.

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 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.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

I'm mainstream. Always have been.

I started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.

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.

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.

I've got my iPod and I've got it on shuffle. If I'm not ready for one, I'll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.

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.

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.

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.

John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!

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

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.

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

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.

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.

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.

Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.