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Bill Walton

How do you feel about Walton as an announcer?

  • Love him

    Votes: 67 56.3%
  • Hate him

    Votes: 26 21.8%
  • Indifferent

    Votes: 15 12.6%
  • mmm funyuns

    Votes: 11 9.2%

  • Total voters
    119
I'm in Guadalajara for work. Driver has some English and has been to the states several times, loves Colorado and wants to chat. Cool

We're talking about sports, and I mention that i like "university sports, especially American Football and basketball, more than the NFL and NBA."

He asks if I know who Bill Walton is, and then shows me pix of himself and Walton riding bicycles together.

Apparently this guy used to be a competitive bike racer and marathon runner.

I tried to segue the discussion into the Grateful Dead but that didn't go anywhere.
 
I'm in Guadalajara for work. Driver has some English and has been to the states several times, loves Colorado and wants to chat. Cool

We're talking about sports, and I mention that i like "university sports, especially American Football and basketball, more than the NFL and NBA."

He asks if I know who Bill Walton is, and then shows me pix of himself and Walton riding bicycles together.

Apparently this guy used to be a competitive bike racer and marathon runner.

I tried to segue the discussion into the Grateful Dead but that didn't go anywhere.
Cool. How is Guadalajara?
 
This is my third work trip here and I haven't gotten out much.

I love (most of) the people who I work with at our site here.

The areas I've stayed are tailored to US business travelers and are very nice, but not unlike business class hotels in big US cities.

The food is fantastic. Even at our cafeteria. Especially the seafood, but i gravitate towards seafood whenever i leave CO.

I got out once to Tlaquepaque, and hated it. It was all the negative stereotypes of Mexico consolidated into a single walking mall.

Traffic kinda sucks. Guad the city has really nice areas and not so nice. 🤷‍♂️

Next trip i plan on bringing the wife and we'll fly in/out of Puerta Vallarta and see a bit more.

Oh, and I want to see a Lucra Libre event too. Maybe i can take a group of customers there.

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I was wondering if he will do any of our games this year, and did a search. I had never heard this. Until age 28, Big Bill couldn't say "thank you".

"Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

I am not a doctor nor a speech therapist, neither of which I consulted at any time with my problems. I am not saying what worked for me will do the same for you. This is my story. This is what I have done and continue to do each and every day. What Marty gave to me, the gifts of how to learn, of how to practice, have changed my life; have given me a whole new life. I have gone from a person who literally could not say thank you, to someone who makes his living as a television commentator and public speaker. I have also become a spokesperson for the National Stuttering Foundation. I urge you to contact the Stuttering Foundation and give it your best shot. As we say in basketball, "Never up, never in".
 
I was wondering if he will do any of our games this year, and did a search. I had never heard this. Until age 28, Big Bill couldn't say "thank you".

"Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

I am not a doctor nor a speech therapist, neither of which I consulted at any time with my problems. I am not saying what worked for me will do the same for you. This is my story. This is what I have done and continue to do each and every day. What Marty gave to me, the gifts of how to learn, of how to practice, have changed my life; have given me a whole new life. I have gone from a person who literally could not say thank you, to someone who makes his living as a television commentator and public speaker. I have also become a spokesperson for the National Stuttering Foundation. I urge you to contact the Stuttering Foundation and give it your best shot. As we say in basketball, "Never up, never in".
As you didn't link a source for what I now believe is a Walton quote, I initially read this as you sharing a personal story in what seemed an unrelated thread.
 
As you didn't link a source for what I now believe is a Walton quote, I initially read this as you sharing a personal story in what seemed an unrelated thread.
Sorry for the confusion. I had searched 'Glickman Walton'
 
I would guess he wants to do a game in Boulder in the last season of the Pac 12. He loves Boulder and the announcing often becomes an advertisement for the City of Boulder.

Can't carry on about the next Grateful Dead concert, but I'm sure he will talk about his memories of the previous concerts at Folsom.
 
I think he's a dick commentator but he speaks the truth so I don't mind listening to him.

One of my friends was at a CU BB game a few years ago and they asked him if he wanted to sit behind Walton while he was announcing because he was tall and would make Bill blend in better lol.
 
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