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We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping...

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I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture ...

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His ability to evoke Celtic pride was incredible. He would always talk about how all the old players...

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If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in ...

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The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not

The real, many-veiled answer to the question of just what goes through a great player's mind as he s...

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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your hea...

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Bradley is one of the few basketball players who have ever been appreciatively cheered by a disinter...

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John McPheeA Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton

If basketball was going to enable Bradley to make friends, to prove that a banker's son is as good a...

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John McPheeA Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest...

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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while fo...

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Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

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Sherman AlexieThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets b...

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They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up th...

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It is not over. Champions extend their limits and make things happen.

Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.

Champions never sleep, the eternal spirit keep them alert and awake.

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Amit RayEnlightenment Step by Step