Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
BILL RUSSELLThe magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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To me, the most important part of winning is joy. You can win without joy, but winning that’s joyless is like eating in a four-star restaurant when you’re not hungry. Joy is a current of energy in your body, like chlorophyll or sunlight, that fills you up and makes you naturally want to do your best.
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Friendship is a full-time job.
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Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.
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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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Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
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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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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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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 only important statistic is the final score.
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The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.
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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wonder if you’ve got it, you ain’t got it. No pussycats, please.
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Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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