Bill Walton

When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over. ”

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. ”

I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. ”

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time. ”

I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great. ”

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. ”