The only important statistic is the final score.
BILL RUSSELLMy 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.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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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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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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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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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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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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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it’s not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.
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We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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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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I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
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