Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

Take pride in what you do. The kind of pride I'm talking about is not the arrogant puffed-up kind; it's just the whole idea of caring - fiercely caring

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

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.

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.

You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

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

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

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.

Just do what you do best.

Your abilities are not enough to fulfill your wishes, so work considering your wishes and not your abilities.

We need an infinite wisdom so that we do not continue tackling problems that were solved centuries ago.

Early this morning, I signed my death warrant.

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.

I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle.

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.

If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.

If nuns begin getting more empowered, where does that leave us?