Bill Russell Quotes

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  Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire."

  Bill Russell

  Education, Believe, Learning

  Bill Russell, David Falkner (2001). “Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner”, p.70, Penguin

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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.

  Bill Russell

  Success, Winning, Skills

  Bill Russell, David Falkner (2001). “Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner”, p.70, Penguin

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  The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Nba, Games

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Dream, Regret

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• To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.

  Bill Russell

  Love, Loving Someone, Inspirational Love

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• If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

  Bill Russell

  Integrity, Insults You, People

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• Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Focus And Concentration, Victory

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• You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough

  Bill Russell

  Want, Enough, Macgyver

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• I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at basketball. It did not come easy. It came as the result of a lot of hard work and self-sacrifice. The rewards, where they worth it? One thousand times over.

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  Leadership, Basketball, Sports

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

  Bill Russell

  Giving, Guy, Dollars

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• The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Block

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• I don't have very many regrets, not because I lived a perfect life but because life is a bunch of rolling hills, not mountains, or speed bumps instead of stop signs, and so you come to a situation and it's neither good or bad, it just is, and what it means to you is what's your take on it. But the second part of the equation is what are you going to do about it. A lot of times I'm completely wrong, but all you do is back up and start over.

  Bill Russell

  Regret, Mean, Starting Over

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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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.

  Bill Russell

  Stars, Winning, Joy

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• Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Team, Nba

  Bill Russell, David Falkner (2001). “Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner”, p.36, Penguin

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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.

  Bill Russell

  Art, People, Levels

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• The only important statistic is the final score.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Nba, Important

  "At 75, Russell still casts long shadow over All-Star circus" by Mark Woods, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2009.

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• My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.

  Bill Russell

  Oakland, Library, Cards

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Letting Go, Fear

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• 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.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Pain, Motivation

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• Friendship is a full-time job.

  Bill Russell

  Jobs, Full Time Jobs

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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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

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Nba, Games

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• 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

  Smart, Careers, People

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• 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.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Psychology, Killers

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• On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

  Bill Russell

  Funny, Basketball, Sex

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