Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man

By Bill Russell, Taylor Branch

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors

Basketball great Bill Russell wrote this 1979 memoir with Taylor Branch, a decade after he retired as player-coach of the Boston Celtics. Russell reflects on his childhood in Louisiana and Oakland, his eleven championships with the Celtics, his years as the first Black man to coach in the NBA and the racism he faced in Boston and across the country. He also shares his opinions on teamwork, competition, fame and life beyond sports with blunt candor.

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