The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
BILL RUSSELLTo love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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The only important statistic is the final score.
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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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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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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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The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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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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Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure – that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.
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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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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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People 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.
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Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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