Bill Russell Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

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

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

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

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

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him

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

Friendship is a full-time job.

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.

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

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.

The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand.

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!

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