Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
BILL RUSSELLCreate unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
BILL RUSSELLCommitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
BILL RUSSELLDon’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
BILL RUSSELLIf you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you’re doing becomes art.
BILL RUSSELLOn females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
BILL RUSSELLYou can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
BILL RUSSELLI think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
BILL RUSSELLThe only important statistic is the final score.
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 RUSSELLThe idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
BILL RUSSELLWe couldn’t sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn’t close out well enough.
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 RUSSELLMy most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
BILL RUSSELLDurability is part of what makes a great athlete.
BILL RUSSELLMost people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
BILL RUSSELLThe most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
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