Bill Russell Quotes

The last five or six days, I’ve been running. The last two days, I’ve been running pretty hard. Everybody’s got to be someplace.

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

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.

We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we’ve been badly distracted. They’re not reading too many positive things in the paper.

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.

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.