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.
BILL RUSSELLThe most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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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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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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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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We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
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The only important statistic is the final score.
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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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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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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 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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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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Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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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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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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