Red Auerbach Quotes

If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

Everything can happen in the playoffs.

He has the players too happy.

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.

You can't win without the ball.

Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.

You handle animals. You deal with people.

Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

All records are made to be broken.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear.

Look after your people.

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.

The best way to forget one's self is to look at the world with attention and love.

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

Just do what you do best.

Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.

The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.

If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.