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

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.

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

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.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

I think it should be obvious by now that I’m not necessarily interested in reality.

The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.

People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche.

We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves.

It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art.

He who tries to flee from God takes refuge in himself.

While we wait for God to work for us, God is waiting to work through us.

We all have ambivalent feelings toward work ... We try to avoid it, and yet we seem to require it for our emotional well-being.

You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.