On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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What’s more important than who’s going to be the first black manager is who’s going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.
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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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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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You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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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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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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Friendship is a full-time job.
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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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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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The only important statistic is the final score.
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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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