Bill Russell

This monument is going to be built as a symbol.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory

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

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love is everything

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

To love someone is nothing to be loved by someone is something but to be loved by the one you love is everything.

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.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits youve got him.

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.