Bill Walton Quotes


"I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good."
- Bill Walton
"Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against."
- Bill Walton
(Related: Hesitation, Question)

"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."
- Bill Walton
(Related: Fun, Houses, Thinking)

"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."
- Bill Walton
(Related: History, Civilization)

"A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot."
- Bill Walton
(Related: People, Effect, Saying)

"Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time."
- Bill Walton
(Related: Favorite)

"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."
- Bill Walton
(Related: Wife, Machine, Mind, Racing, Sleep)

"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."
- Bill Walton
"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
(Related: Fun, Will)