What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
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… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
After the season with the Celtics, he said he wouldn't pitch for the Red Sox for four weeks because it took him that long… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
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 Russell Copy Share Image
We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
