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Bill Russell Biography

William Felton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star, he was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty, winning eleven NBA championships during his thirteen-year career. Russell ties the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league (with Henri Richard of the National Hockey League). Before his professional career, Russell led the University of San Francisco to two consecutive NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956, and he captained the gold-medal winning U.S. national basketball team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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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.

Actions, Involved, Practice, Process, Success, Winning

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.

Basketball, Editor, Manager, New York, Sports, York

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at basketball. It did not come easy. It came as the result of a lot of hard work and self-sacrifice. The rewards, where they worth it? One thousand times over.

Basketball, Come, Easy, Leadership, Odds, Sports

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

Honor, Insult, Insults You, Integrity, People

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.

Basketball, Inspirational, Learn, Lives, Make, Would Be

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!

Ball, Balls, Basketball, Hands, Keep, Knock

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

Basketball, Commissioner, Country, History, Probably, Sports

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.

Basketball, Nba, Important, Friends, Thing

Friendship is a full-time job.

Friendship, Full Time Jobs, Job, Jobs

The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand.

Done, Magic, Meetings, Work

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

Basketball, Dream, Dreams, Lives, Opportunities, Regret

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.

Basketball, Champions, Motivation, Pain, Stress, Under

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Basketball, Athlete, Reality, Durability, Part

After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up.

Basketball, Heavier, Real, Said, Smart, Vertical

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.

Art, Becomes, Levels, People, Take

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

Basketball, Concentration, Focus And Concentration, Mental, Toughness, Victory

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

Decision, Overreached, Reality, World

The only important statistic is the final score.

Basketball, Final, Important, Nba, Score, Statistic

Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire. "

Believe, Education, Experience, Learning, Lifetime

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.

Basketball, Feeling, Loss, Losses, Morale, Successful

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