Quote by Bill Russell
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your oppo

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot. – Bill Russell

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Whats more important than whos going to be the first black manager is whos going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times. – Bill Russell

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Basketball is the MTV of sports. – Sara Levinson

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I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet. – Tom Tolbert

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There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. – Abe Lemons

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The rule was “No autopsy, no foul.” – Stewart Granger, on the pickup games of his childhood

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