My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars’ worth of work.
BILL RUSSELLWhat’s more important than who’s going to be the first black manager is who’s going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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Friendship is a full-time job.
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The last five or six days, I’ve been running. The last two days, I’ve been running pretty hard. Everybody’s got to be someplace.
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We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us-anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.
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What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.
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People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they’ve ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either Wilt’s or Russ’ coach had ever told one of them he couldn’t guard the other guy, he would have lost that player forever.
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I think what has happened to our basketball team, we’ve been badly distracted. They’re not reading too many positive things in the paper.
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If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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The only important statistic is the final score.
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We couldn’t sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn’t close out well enough.
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We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
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If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you’re doing becomes art.
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Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
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Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
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