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Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
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Like alcohol, sports doesn't lie. What it reveals about a person under its influence was just hiding.
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Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.
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If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.
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My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth of work.
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We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.
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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.
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My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.
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"What do you think of the Chicago Bulls winning three in a row?" — Russell: "Not much."
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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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Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire."
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Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
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I wish my deadly foe, no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.
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Born:
February 12, 1934
Died:
July 31, 2022
(aged 88)
Bio:
William Felton "Bill" Russell was an American professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969.
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