Bill Walton Quotes

• Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

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• At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I’m a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

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• A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

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Bill Walton (10)

Birth:	5th November, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Basketball Player

About

Bill Walton is an American retired basketball player. Walton achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, 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 Association where he was a league Most Valuable Player and won two NBA championships. His professional career was significantly hampered by multiple foot injuries. Walton was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 10, 1993 and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame that same year.

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