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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

Bill Russell

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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Happiness Hungry Light Natural Restaurant Sun Win Yourself
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
On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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Female Oneself Sex
Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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Hands Stand Yourself
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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Athlete Durability Endurance Greatness Inspirational One Liner
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
Friendship is a full-time job.
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Friendship Job One Liner Time
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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Hard Myself Pretty Run
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
I’ve been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and learn every day. I have tried to apply that approach in my modest career as well.
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Career Fortunate Learning Myself People Smart Work
The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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Greatness Hands Magic Work
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
You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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Bad Enough Yourself
The only important statistic is the final score.
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Final Importance Score Statistics
Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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Attribute Creation Important Selfish Team
My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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Library Myself Possession Prize

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