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.

Bill Walton

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Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3.... by Bill Walton

Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.

three luck choices

I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.

growing-up grateful people

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out... by Bill Walton

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

basketball matter

No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.

nba basketball years

My relationship, my friendships with Grateful Dead, has shaped me. Our house is a shrine to all our musical heroes.

grateful hero house

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time. by Bill Walton

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

bills basketball player

I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your jo... by Bill Walton

I live by the motto of "chase your dream, make your dream your job, make your job your life."

motto dream jobs

A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.

effects mean people

It changes over the course of life, depending on how you're feeling. There's this incredible catalog of different songs, so it depends on what you're hoping for, what your dream is and that song will come on.

dream feelings song

You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. As if Michelangelo was reading and a lightening bolt flashed before him.

cutting guy reading

Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for peo... by Bill Walton

Why is Scottie Pippen taking a charge? Taking a charge is for people with no game!

games people

There 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.

guarantees-in-life fate simple

Music 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.

inspiration soul reflection

When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks. by Bill Walton

When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.

thinking

That's what I tried to share in this book, Back From The Dead, the ability to learn, to dream, to hope. In a world that is far too often selling fear and death, I'm selling hope and life and success and that's why I chose to be part of the Grateful Dead.

grateful dream book

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.

basketball sleep fun

I'm a lifelong stutterer. by Bill Walton

I'm a lifelong stutterer.

lifelong

When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defe... by Bill Walton

When you intercept the ball with your stomach, that is great defense

stomach balls defense

I 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.

teenager grateful boys

I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning abo... by Bill Walton

I love to play music. I'm terrible at it, but I love learning about it .

terrible play