Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying “We work to become, not to acquire.”
BILL RUSSELLThe morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.
More Bill Russell Quotes
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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
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On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
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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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Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
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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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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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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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To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
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The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.
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If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
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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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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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The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.
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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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Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!
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