BILL WALTON QUOTES, KNOWN AS “WALTONISMS”

Announcer: “Here's Luke Walton. Bill, you know a little something about him.”
Walton: “Yeah, he's a 6'8" forward from the University of Arizona.”

I told Luke: you're young, you're rich, and you’re living in Beverly Hills. If you're not having the time of your life right now, I have failed you as a father!

Come on, that was no foul! It may be a violation of all the basic rules of human decency, but it’s not a foul.

If you ever think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent a night in bed with a mosquito!

Amare Stoudamire! Winner of the genetic lottery!

John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!

You look at Vladimir Radmanovic, this guy is cut from stone. It’s as if Michelangelo were reading and a lightning bolt flashed before him.

Yesterday we celebrated Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity. Today, Fabricio Oberto is defying it.

And when you look at Boris Diaw and what he’s done to this franchise he’s changed everything. We celebrate his brilliance and when you talk to Boris Diaw you realize what a classical human being he is. It was 201 years ago today, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E Flat, which escorted in the age of Romanticism in music. And when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the Romantics. This guy has it all.

A thing of beauty! Einstein, Da Vinci, Jobs! And now Tyreke Evans!

If Eric Piatkowski continues playing at this level, he’s going to replace Jerry West on the NBA logo.

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.