Zitat des Tages von Bill Walton:
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.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
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.
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.
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 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.
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.
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.
My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I'd like to ride my bike all day long but I've got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way.
You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
