We couldn't sustain it. And they got a lot of kids that can shoot. We just couldn't close out well enough.
Bill RussellYou got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wonder if you've got it, you ain't got it. No pussycats, please.
Bill RussellTo love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.
Bill RussellIf you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.
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