Bill Walton
Bill Walton
William Theodore "Bill" Walton IIIis an American retired basketball player and television sportscaster. Walton achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early 1970s, 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 Associationwhere he was a league Most Valuable Playerand won two NBA championships. His professional career was significantly hampered by multiple foot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 November 1952
CityLa Mesa, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Everybody knew we were capable of playing better. I'm so proud of our kids. I can't say enough about their resolve.
I grew up in San Diego in a non-athletic environment. My parents were not interested in sports. Their loves were art, literature and music. I gravitated towards sports because of my older brother Bruce and the first coach I ever had, who, like John Wooden, made it fun and really emphasized the joy of playing the team game.
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.
What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.
Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.
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.
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.
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.
Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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.
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.