Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
BILL RUSSELLIf you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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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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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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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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People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they’ve ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either Wilt’s or Russ’ coach had ever told one of them he couldn’t guard the other guy, he would have lost that player forever.
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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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The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.
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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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 measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
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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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If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
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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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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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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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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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