Quotes of Bill Walton - somelinesforyou

“ 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

“ I love to cheer, and yell, and joke and to celebrate the best basketball in the world. And to see these new players, to see how good they are-guys like Paul Pierce and Jason Kidd and, of course, Shaq and Kobe, who are just off the charts. It's a real pleasure. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I'm mainstream. Always have been. ”

- Bill Walton

“ 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. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I'm mainstream. Always have been. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I love to cheer, and yell, and joke and to celebrate the best basketball in the world. And to see these new players, to see how good they are-guys like Paul Pierce and Jason Kidd and, of course, Shaq and Kobe, who are just off the charts. It's a real pleasure. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I love to cheer, and yell, and joke and to celebrate the best basketball in the world. And to see these new players, to see how good they are-guys like Paul Pierce and Jason Kidd and, of course, Shaq and Kobe, who are just off the charts. It's a real pleasure. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I'm mainstream. Always have been. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do the operation on someone else, not you. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do the operation on someone else, not you. ”

- Bill Walton

“ 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

“ 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

“ I'm mainstream. Always have been. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ 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

“ I have always wanted to be part of something special, and when I got to Boston… actually, when I bought, begged and pleaded my way onto the Celtics… it was already a championship team. I was just glad to be able to sit there and cheer and to be Larry Bird's valet, to be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly. ”

- Bill Walton

“ 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. ”

- Bill Walton

“ 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

“ 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

“ The setters struggled (last weekend), but we had practice just for the setters on Monday and Tuesday and they've been perfect. ”

- Bill Walton

“ 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
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