Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
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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We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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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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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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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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.
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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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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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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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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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Friendship is a full-time job.
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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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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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Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
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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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