Bill Russell Quotes

If it's proven in a court of law she was wronged, she can sue for millions because this is defamation of character.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.

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

I had signed a letter of intent to go to a college near by home in Pittsburg, Kan., on a basketball scholarship, but Monty and scout John Keenan convinced me to sign with the Dodgers. It was the right move, for sure.

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 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.

My wife and I both wanted to make sure it was her decision. The lawyer who was handling it wanted to talk to her alone and make sure it was her decision. No one wanted her to feel any pressure.

It's been cold, but they embraced it. They bundled up. They knew they had to be out hitting the ball, and there hasn't been one complaint.

They have the right to protest, but are misguided in the views.

That's a monster match for us. It was a relatively close match last year. They beat us with their last two guys. That's how they beat a lot of teams, with their depth.

It's kind of tough. We have off Easter Monday and we can't practice.

We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.

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.

We have done her injustice since the word go.