Bill Russell Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

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

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

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.

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