Basketball Quote by Tim Duncan

Bill Russell was the pivot on which the whole sport turned.

— Frank Deford

Don't ever underestimate Bill Russell as a basketball player.

— John Havlicek

“Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?”

— Red Auerbach

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

Bill Russell is one of the greatest players of all time.

— Rudy Gobert

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

— Bill Walton

[Sport officials] blocked their support of us. But those individuals [ Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem Abdul Jabbar ] were…

— John Carlos

Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.

— Wilt Chamberlain

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played,…

— Bill Walton

When I was five, I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn't like the world…

— Marilyn Monroe

I would have loved to play a real baddie.

— Roger Moore

I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a…

— Gabriela Sabatini