Agree Quote by Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

This monument is going to be built as a symbol.

— 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.

— Bill Russell

Young man, you have the question backwards.

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

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

— Bill Russell

Friendship is a full-time job.

— Bill Russell