Cori Close remembers Bill Walton with touching tribute

Cori Close chimes in on Bill Walton’s passing.

After UCLA legend Bill Walton passed away on Monday, tributes came in full force. Perhaps the most colorful person in recent memory, Walton’s lasting impact will be remembered by many for a number of reasons.

UCLA women’s basketball head coach Cori Close shared a video with her remembrance of Bill Walton.

“We lost a magnificent human being in Bill Walton. He’s had such an impact on the game and obviously on broadcasting…The one that stuck in my heart today…’Disagree without being disagreeable.'”

“Isn’t it ok to have a different point of view?… I am building my standards from my life and my heart differently than you…I look at Bill Walton. We probably disagree on how to call a basketball game, for instance…I think about all the ways Coach Wooden used to talk about him…Probably Coach Wooden and Bill Walton disagreed on a lot of things. But man, their love was so deep.”

The relationship between Bill Walton and John Wooden, two UCLA legends who will be remembered by basketball fans forever, left a lasting impact on the lives of many, and Close had a lot to say about it.