83 Quotes by Bill Russell

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.

Long-range planning is not possible. It's a short-range planning situation.

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.

What I think Columbia does is they just play real hard. I think that's what really helps their style.

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.

We've put ourselves in the driver's seat, now we've just gotta take care of business.

We have done her injustice since the word go.

Once you reach a level communication where you have an exchange of ideas and some shared experiences, then eventually you get to the point where the color of your skin or your background is no longer what you use to describe a person. Now the coach-player relationship has more depth because it's based on more sincere feelings and respect.

All of my guys will be working. They'll all be out there over the break.