Red Auerbach Quotes
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Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.
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Everything can happen in the playoffs.
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You see, in sports you have so many things that aren't expected. There's so much uncertainty. So when players find themselves in a situation where management has a great deal of integrity and they can depend on my word or anybody else's word in the organization, they feel secure. And if the players feel secure, they don't want to leave here. And if they don't want to leave here, they're going to do everything they can on the court to stay here.
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Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.
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And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.
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I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.
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The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
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All records are made to be broken.
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He has the players too happy.
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The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.
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To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.
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Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.
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I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear.
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You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You don't have to do that. They know you're in charge.
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You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches
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He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.
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If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.
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The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.
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If you're keeping score, win!
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It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.
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I have two college degrees, but the only way I could make a living was by showing kids how to put a ball in a hole.
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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
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You handle animals. You deal with people.
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Just do what you do best.
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I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?
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To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.
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They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
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Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality.
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I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people how to put a ball in the hole.
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