Bill Russell Zitate

“To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love is everything”

Help us translate this quote

Bill Russell

“How much does that guy make a year? It would be to our advantage if we paid him off for five years to get away from us in the rest of this series.”

Help us translate this quote

Bill Russell

Hall-of-Fame player Dolph Schayes

http://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/players/bill_russell.html

“We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.”

Help us translate this quote

Bill Russell

“To me, one of the most beautiful things to see is a group of men coordinating their efforts toward a common goal, alternately subordinating and asserting themselves to achieve real teamwork in action. I tried to do that, we all tried to do that, on the Celtics. I think we succeeded.”

Help us translate this quote

Bill Russell

http://www.nba.com/history/players/russell_bio.html

“What do you think of the Chicago Bulls winning three in a row?”

Help us translate this quote

Bill Russell

-- Russell: "Not much."
In perspective, Russell won eight times in a row with the Celtics.
http://www.nba.com/encyclopedia/players/bill_russell.html