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We have put together a list of some of the best Quotes that Written by Bill Russell
Bill Russell
Total Quotes 42
I Think That David Stern Is Probably The Greatest Commissioner That Any Sport Has Ever Had In The History Of This Country.
Basketball
Sports
Country
The 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.
Basketball
Successful
Loss
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.
Basketball
Player
People
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.
Basketball
Running
Two
We Couldn't Sustain It. And They Got A Lot Of Kids That Can Shoot. We Just Couldn't Close Out Well Enough.
Basketball
Kids
Enough
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.
Basketball
Team
Reading
Durability Is Part Of What Makes A Great Athlete.
Basketball
Athlete
Reality
Don't Knock The Ball In The Stands, Keep It In Your Hands!
Basketball
Hands
Balls
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.
Basketball
Sports
New York
We Learn To Make A Shell For Ourselves When We Are Young And Then Spend The Rest Of Our Lives Hoping For Someone To Reach Inside And Touch Us. Just Touch Us—anything More Than That Would Be Too Much For Us To Bear.
Inspirational
Basketball
Would Be
A Rebounder, Or A Shot-blocker For That Matter, Is Always At A Disadvantage If He Tells Himself The Only Way He Can Succeed Is By Out Jumping The Guy Next To Him. Sometimes He Will Have To, But Most Of The Time He Will Not. Most Of My Rebounds Came From Positioning, Where I Was Able To Get The Ball While In Heavy Traffic.
Jumping
Guy
Balls
On Females Officiating In The Nba -incompetence Should Not Be Confined To One Sex.
Funny
Basketball
Sex
The Most Important Thing To Me Is The Friends That I've Made.
Basketball
Nba
Important
After I Played Him For The First Time, I Said 'let's See. He's Four Or Five Inches Taller. He's 40 Or 50 Pounds Heavier. His Vertical Leap Is At Least As Good As Mine. He Can Get Up And Down The Floor As Well As I Can. And He's Smart. The Real Problem With All This Is I Have To Show Up.
Basketball
Real
Smart
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.
Father
Excellence
Dollars
The Magic To A Great Meeting Is All Of The Work That's Done Beforehand.
Magic
Done
Meetings
We Overreached Our Decision Power. Sometimes Our Decisions Have To Fit The Reality Of The Outside World.
Reality
Decision
World
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.
Smart
Careers
People
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.
Inspirational
Basketball
Believe
You 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.
Basketball
Psychology
Killers
Remember That Basketball Is A Game Of Habits. If You Make The Other Guy Deviate From His Habits, You've Got Him
Basketball
Nba
Games
Friendship Is A Full-time Job.
Jobs
Full Time Jobs
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.
Basketball
Pain
Motivation
The Only Important Statistic Is The Final Score.
Basketball
Nba
Important
Born: February 12, 1934
Died: August 9, 1992
Occupation: Basketball Player
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