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.
BILL RUSSELLThe most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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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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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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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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Friendship is a full-time job.
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What’s more important than who’s going to be the first black manager is who’s going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.
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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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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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Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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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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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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