The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
BILL RUSSELLOn females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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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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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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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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Friendship is a full-time job.
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The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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The only important statistic is the final score.
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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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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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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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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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You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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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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