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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

Bill Russell

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
BILL RUSSELL

Believe Block Ideas Opponent Yourself
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.
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Atmosphere Dominate Greatness Player Presence
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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Art Level People Reach Yourself
To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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Feeling True
Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you’ve got him.
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Game Habit Himself Remember Yourself
What’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.
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Black Important Manager
If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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Man Pay Work Worth Yourself
The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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Friendship Important Myself
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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Children Close Enough Sustainable
If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
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Insult Integrity People Respect Yourself
The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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Greatness Hands Magic Work
Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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Attribute Creation Important Selfish Team
Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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Finding Hard Time Love People
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.
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Father Myself Work Worth
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
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Commitment Live Opportunity Regret Separate
My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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Library Myself Possession Prize

If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

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