The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
BILL RUSSELLThe most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
BILL RUSSELLMy most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
BILL RUSSELLThe 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.
BILL RUSSELLIf you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you’re doing becomes art.
BILL RUSSELLWe 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.
BILL RUSSELLMost people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
BILL RUSSELLWe overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
BILL RUSSELLWe couldn’t sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn’t close out well enough.
BILL RUSSELLI think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
BILL RUSSELLPeople 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.
BILL RUSSELLCommitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
BILL RUSSELLI think what has happened to our basketball team, we’ve been badly distracted. They’re not reading too many positive things in the paper.
BILL RUSSELLIf a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
BILL RUSSELLOn females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
BILL RUSSELLThe magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
BILL RUSSELLDon’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
BILL RUSSELL