Bill Walton Basketball Quotes & Sayings

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. — Bill Walton

Frankly, I even worried about the fact that I was so worried. Worrying about the strength of my faith - how it stood up to others' - didn't seem to be a healthy sign. I mean, didn't worrying about faith defeat the whole point of faith? Weren't we supposed to just "let go and let God"? I didn't "let go and let God" very well. I worried about that. — Michelle DeRusha

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

We have come to Earth in this great season in the long history of mankind. It is a marvelous age - the best of all. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I think our great task is to make certain that our young men and women in the military do not get sucked into never- ending, perpetual warfare within the quagmire of Syria and Iraq. And I will do my very best to make sure that that doesn't happen. — Hillary Clinton

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

His ability to evoke Celtic pride was incredible. He would always talk about how all the old players called him up after an embarrasing performance and wanted to disassociate themselves from the Celtics. They wanted to mail in their championship rings, wanted their numbers removed from the rafters, and by this point there would be tears rolling down our cheeks and we'd want to kill. — Bill Walton

My life is measured into two distinct phases . . . BC is before cellulite and AC is for after cellulite. Sad but so true! — Various

Bill Walton is incredible. If you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture. — Stan Albeck

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them. — Carl Jung

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

here i am. there i was, broken. broken heart, broken dreams, broken soul. and there i was, stumbling down an endless road, my face tattooed in ashes, stained with tears, my clothes tattered, my feet tired of wandering. and there You were. standing at the end of the road, with your heart and arms open wide, and my tired feet ran, they ran to You, to your arms, to your heart. and here i am. slowly being put back together. here i am, no longer in tatters, but clothed in mercy, wrapped in grace. here i am, with a heart with open doors, a soul free to love and free to dream and free to be. with a crown of wildflowers instead of a crown of thorns, and a face of light and beauty instead of ashes. here i am. — Gaby Compres

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. — Bill Walton

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. — Bill Walton

I think the most important thing about screaming in our music is the urgency of it. — Lacey Sturm

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

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

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted. — Scott Weiland

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

Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet! — Bill Walton

Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes.Sometimes, people can discover you, even though they've been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying enough attention. — Cecelia Ahern

I'm mainstream. Always have been. — Bill Walton

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there. — 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

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

I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no. — Bill Walton

The marquis de Carabas tossed the figurine to Mr. Croup, who caught it eagerly, like an addict catching a plastic baggie filled with white powder of dubious legality. — Neil Gaiman

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting. — Paulo Coelho

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

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

I'm fine with Nature's way, as long as Nature keeps it out of *my* way. — Rachel Caine

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past. — Miguel De Unamuno

You just become adaptable and try to lead a good life in ways that make sense, regardless. Because I know at the end of it, if I'm going to meet Jesus or Allah or Buddha, I'm going to be all right. — Neil Peart

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

The bald unpalatable fact is emphasized that the Highlands and Islands are largely a devastated terrain, and that any policy which ignores this fact cannot hope to achieve rehabilitation. — Frank Fraser Darling

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