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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
I told my wife when I was rolling up, I felt like the president.
Basketball was mine, and that's what's carried me to this point.
I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.
We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.
Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo.
It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.
He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.
I was confused as a kid. I was confused about my sexual identity.
The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
...and that's what separates the professionals from the taxpayers
I think it was 89.2% cheers and 11.8% boos, but I'm used to that.
Basketball's fun; it really is. Because I've done it all my life.
I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.
Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout.
I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.
It's a different role for me, playing with the great Dwyane Wade.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
I love the gym; I love basketball. I'm really passionate about it.
A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.
What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.
If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.
I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.
I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.
If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.
It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.
I wouldn't. I would just go home. I'd fake an injury or something.
I love women's college basketball, but I don't want it in the NBA.
I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.
I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.
Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
Most of basketball is in the mind. But it helps to have big hands.
I felt I was good in basketball but I wasn't a blue-chip prospect.
There's one thing everyone should understand: I like my character.
Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.
Like my good friend Eminem the rapper says, you only get one shot.
I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is.
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece.