Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
BILL RUSSELLDurability is part of what makes a great athlete.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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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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The only important statistic is the final score.
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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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Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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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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If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
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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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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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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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What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.
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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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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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