Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
BILL RUSSELLDon’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
More Bill Russell Quotes
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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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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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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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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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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
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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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Friendship is a full-time job.
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To me, the most important part of winning is joy. You can win without joy, but winning that’s joyless is like eating in a four-star restaurant when you’re not hungry. Joy is a current of energy in your body, like chlorophyll or sunlight, that fills you up and makes you naturally want to do your best.
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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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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 idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
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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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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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