I learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
BILL WALTONI learned early on the value and the power of music to inspire and to drive me.
BILL WALTONI had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
BILL WALTONI’ve got my iPod and I’ve got it on shuffle. If I’m not ready for one, I’ll click to the next one. My wife, Lori, and our children, Adam, Nate, Chris, and Luke, will all tell you that when I find one I like it can stay on repeat for weeks on end.
BILL WALTONBob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
BILL WALTONMusic is critical in our lives and culture. It’s the inspiration that drives us. It’s also the window to our souls. It’s a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we’re going.
BILL WALTONI started going [Grateful Dead] when I was in high school. I was 15. It was the Summer Of Love.
BILL WALTONThe joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I’m involved in all of that stuff.
BILL WALTONI couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
BILL WALTONTracy McGrady is doing things we’ve never seen from anybody – from any planet!
BILL WALTONRight now, you know, it’s not about the refs or anything else, it’s about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.
BILL WALTONI 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 WALTONSteve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
BILL WALTONThere are no guarantees in life. The simple twists of fate and the breaks of the game are the two maxims that define so much of the success and failure in life.
BILL WALTONThe 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 WALTONAnytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.
BILL WALTONI had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that’s what the Grateful Dead is all about.
BILL WALTON