Bill Russell

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

The only important statistic is the final score.

— Bill Russell

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor…

— Bill Russell

Look for a rate hike.

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

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

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

— Bill Russell

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

— Bill Russell

A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can…

— Bill Russell

To me, the most important part of winning is joy. You can win without joy, but winning that’s joyless is like eating…

— Bill Russell

The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and…

— Bill Russell

I wasn't doing anything on weekends anyway.

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

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

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

— Bill Russell

You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or…

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

I don't have very many regrets, not because I lived a perfect life but because life is a bunch of rolling hills,…

— Bill Russell

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

— Bill Russell

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure…

— Bill Russell

“Boston itself was a flea market of racism. It had all varieties, old and new. The city had corrupt, city hall-crony racists,…

— Bill Russell

Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

— Bill Russell

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my…

— Bill Russell

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