To me, the most important part of winning is joy. You can win without joy, but winning that’s joyless is like eating in a four-star restaurant when you’re not hungry. Joy is a current of energy in your body, like chlorophyll or sunlight, that fills you up and makes you naturally want to do your best.
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot. - Bill Russell
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
- Bill Russell
Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved. - Bill Russell
Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work. - Bill Russell
If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything. - Bill Russell
To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough - Bill Russell
You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered. - Bill Russell
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you. - Bill Russell
If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. - Bill Russell
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play. - Bill Russell
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
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