Bill Walton Player Quotations

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.

Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player. I am a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

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.

Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.