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.
BILL RUSSELLYou 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.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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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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We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
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Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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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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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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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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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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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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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 most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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