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> [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 to get out of shape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/after-the-season-with-the-celtics-he-said-he-wouldn-t-pitch-for-the/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

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## More by Bill Russell

> [What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/what-distinguishes-a-great-player-is-his-presence-when-he-goes-on-to/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/don-t-knock-the-ball-in-the-stands-keep-it-in-your-hands/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/after-the-season-with-the-celtics-he-said-he-wouldn-t-pitch-for-the/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/we-learn-to-make-a-shell-for-ourselves-when-we-are-young-and-then/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/my-father-once-told-me-that-anyone-who-worked-for-three-dollars-an/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/if-you-can-take-something-to-levels-that-very-few-other-people-can/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [This monument is going to be built as a symbol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/this-monument-is-going-to-be-built-as-a-symbol/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/the-last-five-or-six-days-i-ve-been-running-the-last-two-days-i-ve/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [Young man, you have the question backwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/young-man-you-have-the-question-backwards/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/we-overreached-our-decision-power-sometimes-our-decisions-have-to-fit/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/the-most-important-measure-of-how-good-a-game-i-played-was-how-much/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [Friendship is a full-time job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/friendship-is-a-full-time-job/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/most-people-have-a-harder-time-letting-themselves-love-than-finding/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/the-most-important-thing-to-me-is-the-friends-that-i-ve-made/)

[Bill Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-russell/)

> [We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-russell/we-learn-to-make-a-shell-for-ourselves-when-we-are-young-and-then-2/)

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