Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
“Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.” Bill Russell
“Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.” Bill Russell
“The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that’s done beforehand.” Bill Russell
“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.” Bill … Read More
“Don’t knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!” Bill Russell
“We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.” Bill Russell
“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.” Bill … Read More
“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 … Read More
“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’ … Read More
“We couldn’t sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn’t close out well enough.” Bill Russell
“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 … Read More
“I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.” Bill Russell
“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 … Read More
“The most important thing to me is the friends that I’ve made.” Bill Russell
“My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.” Bill Russell
“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 … Read More
“Friendship is a full-time job.” Bill Russell
“Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you’ve got him” Bill Russell
“Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.” Bill Russell
“Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure – that is, … Read More
“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 … Read More