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

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

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.

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.

The world can't die. Many generations have thought the world was dying. But it was only their world which was dying.

Don’t be lazy. Hard work brings happiness. There is no other time to avoid being a lazy. Take that decision now. Kick laziness out.

Architecture has a strong link with the movies in terms of time progression, sequencing, framing, all of that.

It's very difficult to liberate yourself from what you've learned. You know it's almost impossible because you learn in order to survive.

When you are doing portraits, you have that intimacy with someone for a few minutes. For a really good portrait, you don't take the portrait - it's given.

I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.

People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.

You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work at varying levels of intensity, based on the amount of time and energy I have available.

Design is not about decorating functional forms - it is about creating forms that accord with the character of the object and that show new technologies to advantage.