“I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.”

“Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?”

“To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.”

“Just do what you do best.”

“The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.”

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”

“I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.”

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. ”