The World is Yours

Negra Bernhard

Best Friends Forever, 2024

"Of all the players who ever played the game of basketball, Bill Russell is the first player I would pick to start a team."- Bill Bradley

"In my estimation, the guy that has to be there is Bill Russell. He won eleven championships as a player. I think that's the idea of what excellence is when you win championships."- Phil Jackson

"I picked him [Bill Russell] as the number one center of all time, as far as I'm concerned, because he was a complete, complete basketball player. I'm gonna pick him over me, because he also helped his team to win a lot more than maybe I could have helped my team to win. Sometimes the mere power of you makes you more individualistic. I have said this before: Wilt Chamberlain on the Boston Celtics might not have been the same, because I'd have taken away from Bob Cousy, from Tom Heinsohn, because I was a scorer too, and then all the sudden they'd have to pass the ball to me, and that would take something away from them, so sometimes, less is better."- Wilt Chamberlain