We couldn't sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn't close out well enough.
Bill RussellThe most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better Iād made my teammates play.
Bill RussellI think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.
Bill RussellIf 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.
Bill RussellI don't have very many regrets, not because I lived a perfect life but because life is a bunch of rolling hills, not mountains, or speed bumps instead of stop signs, and so you come to a situation and it's neither good or bad, it just is, and what it means to you is what's your take on it. But the second part of the equation is what are you going to do about it. A lot of times I'm completely wrong, but all you do is back up and start over.
Bill Russell