Bill Russell
Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russellis an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Associationfrom 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star, he was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty, winning eleven NBA championships during his thirteen-year career. Along with Henri Richard of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens, Russell holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 February 1934
CityWest Monroe, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him
A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by out jumping the guy next to him. Sometimes he will have to, but most of the time he will not. Most of my rebounds came from positioning, where I was able to get the ball while in heavy traffic.
If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.
All of my guys will be working. They'll all be out there over the break.
John Jones is a great initiator for us on the defensive end. He and Marques Jones did a good job of allowing us a time to get some guys with rest and also maintained the high intensity level.
He's the guy I send the freshman and sophomore out with. He gives them pointers, and helps them work through the course.
We have done her injustice since the word go.
We played extremely well. Lamar Burton did a good job of distributing the basketball. Leslie and Ricardo Jenkins hit the boards really hard and we did a good job defensively.
Chris Hayes had a great game, just a fantastic game. He did a great job defensively for us too. It was a good win for us. Reedley is a very tough place to play.
We've put ourselves in the driver's seat, now we've just gotta take care of business.
To say that there was hard competition and therefore excusing him, excuses him from doing his job. If there is difficult competition, it is his job to compete.
It was nasty. It was cold and wet and it had snowed that afternoon. It was a tough match and we were happy to come away with a win.
It's kind of tough. We have off Easter Monday and we can't practice.
It was down to my last guy. Steve Marsh beat his man by a stroke.