Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever – he’s the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball. Bill Walton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever. Bill Walton Read Quote
The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set. Bill Walton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Walton Read Quote
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. Bill Walton Read Quote