Basketball Quote by Bob Cousy Download Open image “Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.” — Bob Cousy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basketball December Following Olympics Team
Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
There was only one Bill Russell. He was such a dominant figure. He could turn a game around so quickly - and he could… — John Havlicek Copy Share Image
'SI' came to me and said, 'We want you to do a story on Russell as the greatest team player,' which I certainly agreed… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
That was such an important time for us, as a team. It was our second gold medal in a row, following Salt Lake City,… — Hayley Wickenheiser Copy Share Image
Couldnt you wait until at least the All-Star break to have the franchise suffer its worse loss in its storied history? Bill Russell just called looking for an address to send his 11 championship rings back to the Celtics because he is so disappointed. — Bill Walton Copy Share
The only thing we know for sure about superiority in sports in the United States of America in the 20th century is that Bill… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the '80s… — Jahangir Khan Copy Share Image
I'm a two-time Olympian, but on the front and back end of both of those were two Olympics where I narrowly missed making the… — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100% — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball. — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's similar to basketball: when you go to different gyms and win or lose, you learn something new. So when kids get out of… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach… — Adolph Rupp Copy Share Image
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas… — Darryl Dawkins Copy Share Image
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
