Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
BILL RUSSELLLearning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
More Bill Russell Quotes
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I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
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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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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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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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You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wonder if you’ve got it, you ain’t got it. No pussycats, please.
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The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
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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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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure – that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.
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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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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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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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