Bill Russell Quotes (22 Quotes)

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

If it's proven in a court of law she was wronged, she can sue for millions because this is defamation of character.

We have done her injustice since the word go.

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

They built a company, built it big. ... but kept it here. No elected official, no politic body, can make this type of decision.

John Jones is a great initiator for us on the defensive end. He and Marques Jones did a good job of allowing us a time to get some guys with rest and also maintained the high intensity level.

I had signed a letter of intent to go to a college near by home in Pittsburg, Kan., on a basketball scholarship, but Monty and scout John Keenan convinced me to sign with the Dodgers. It was the right move, for sure,

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

This monument is going to be built as a symbol.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.

The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.

We've put ourselves in the driver's seat, now we've just gotta take care of business.

To say that there was hard competition and therefore excusing him, excuses him from doing his job. If there is difficult competition, it is his job to compete.

That's a monster match for us. It was a relatively close match last year. They beat us with their last two guys. That's how they beat a lot of teams, with their depth.

My wife and I both wanted to make sure it was her decision. The lawyer who was handling it wanted to talk to her alone and make sure it was her decision. No one wanted her to feel any pressure.

Once you reach a level communication where you have an exchange of ideas and some shared experiences, then eventually you get to the point where the color of your skin or your background is no longer what you use to describe a person. Now the coach-player relationship has more depth because it's based on more sincere feelings and respect.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

We played extremely well. Lamar Burton did a good job of distributing the basketball. Leslie and Ricardo Jenkins hit the boards really hard and we did a good job defensively.

What I think Columbia does is they just play real hard. I think that's what really helps their style.