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.
BILL RUSSELLWe 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.
BILL RUSSELLI think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
BILL RUSSELLFriendship is a full-time job.
BILL RUSSELLThe only important statistic is the final score.
BILL RUSSELLThe most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
BILL RUSSELLDon’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
BILL RUSSELLMy most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
BILL RUSSELLI think what has happened to our basketball team, we’ve been badly distracted. They’re not reading too many positive things in the paper.
BILL RUSSELLThe most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
BILL RUSSELLDurability is part of what makes a great athlete.
BILL RUSSELLSuccess is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
BILL RUSSELLMost people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
BILL RUSSELLLearning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
BILL RUSSELLThe 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.
BILL RUSSELLTo love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
BILL RUSSELLPeople 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.
BILL RUSSELL