Bill Walton: I Considered Suicide

Bill Walton: I Considered Suicide

Bill Walton suffered from back pain so severe that he contemplated suicide, according to Nick Canepa of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The NBA legend couldn't avoid the injury bug during his professional career and while his condition has improved, those injuries still linger today.

"I have a new life now," Walton said. "It got to the point where my life wasn't worth living. I was standing on the edge of the bridge, figuring it was better to jump than to go back to where I was."

The Basketball Hall of Famer and Emmy award-winning broadcaster now feels better thanks to a doctor at UC-San Diego. Walton is also using these experiences to help fellow patients, becoming the spokesman of The Better Way Back, an organization dedicated to helping people with bad spine conditions.

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