Quotes by Bill Walton

• Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.
• I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
• Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
• 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.
• 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.
• A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
• Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.