The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
BILL RUSSELLThe magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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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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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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The only important statistic is the final score.
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Friendship is a full-time job.
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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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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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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.
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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 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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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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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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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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