Bill Russell

Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russellis an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Associationfrom 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. Along with Henri Richard of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens, Russell holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 February 1934
CityWest Monroe, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Russell quotes about
The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand.
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.
They have the right to protest, but are misguided in the views.
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.
Andrew was a good golfer. He was just inexperienced. He got to work with Ben a lot.
It's kind of tough. We have off Easter Monday and we can't practice.
He's such a hard worker. Practice was canceled because of the cold, but he still went over to the course by himself and played.
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.
They built a company, built it big. ... but kept it here. No elected official, no politic body, can make this type of decision.
It was down to my last guy. Steve Marsh beat his man by a stroke.
All of my guys will be working. They'll all be out there over the break.
Long-range planning is not possible. It's a short-range planning situation.
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.
As soon as he's done a match he practices. It doesn't matter if he shot well or had a bad round. He was practicing his putting after he shot a 33.