Bill Walton Once Contemplated Suicide: What Led the Celtics Legend to the Devastating Thought Decades Before Demise to Cancer?
Bill Walton in his book Back from the Dead revealed the issues and his situation because of the back injury. “I had lost everything including my dignity my self-respect and I had no hope and dream that I was going to be better…” He said in a podcast in 2022. His first major back injury happened when he was at UCLA college basketball.
Walton claims he broke his spine on the court and played another game roughly 11 days after breaking his back. The injuries not only hampered his on-court career but also came back to haunt him later in his life. Walton’s professional success was stifled and short-lived. In his 14 years in the NBA, he missed more games (680) than he played (488) due to several injuries.
“One day in early 2008, after 18 years of chasing that dream, I was getting off yet another flight when I literally couldn’t move anymore.” Walton said to AdvaMed. Due to the never-ending pain, Walton had thought of taking his life as the only solution to end his nightmare.
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