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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

Bill Russell

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.
BILL RUSSELL

Career Fortunate Learning Myself People Smart Work
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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Game Habit Himself Remember Yourself
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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Father Myself Work Worth
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
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Commitment Live Opportunity Regret Separate
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.
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Compare Life Play Stage
The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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Greatness Hands Magic Work
Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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Hands Stand Yourself
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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Focus Mental Tough Victory
You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough.
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Bad Enough Yourself
On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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Female Oneself Sex
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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Children Close Enough Sustainable
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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Important Measurement Myself Play Team
My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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Library Myself Possession Prize
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.
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Atmosphere Dominate Greatness Player Presence
We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
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Decision Power Reality World
The only important statistic is the final score.
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Final Importance Score Statistics

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