You have to believe - to me, the only way a team can improve is you have to be sharp. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
The teams that win consistently, they put the work into it and they don't skip steps. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Everyone tends to measure people on points and shots and not the all-around game. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Passing and defense are two things that help build your team, brings the best out of people. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
When you look at coaching in the pros 25-plus years, I have been with rebuilding teams and I have been with championship… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
You're put into a box where you're either an offensive, defensive coach or a player development guy. Fair or unfair. You have… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
And when you study the NBA, you realize and know that the NBA is never staying the same. It's always evolving, it's… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think players look around and they look at the teams that they'd like to join and it's usually teams that already… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I was in Philadelphia when Kobe was a senior in high school and he used to come to all our practices and… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
It's more than just playing hard. You have to maintain concentration and you have to combine that with your intensity level. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think that when you sort of look at what's gone on where players are familiar with each other - it starts… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
What wins still goes back to who you are as a player and what you do well. If you're a great 3-point… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think every team is different. If you have younger players, you're going to play them a little bit more. If you… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
In some cases where the team is mixed, there's almost two practices going on in one, where your young guys are getting… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
As you prepare for the draft, the first thing you do is evaluate the players you think will be coming out. Then… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
You run the floor. Kick the ball out, repost, keep moving around, search it out, get to the offensive board. You've got… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
There's obviously different roads you can go down. And I think if you study it, how teams are built - and I… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think that's a big challenge in the NBA: How quickly can you adapt? Because things always change in the league -… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Your core beliefs of what it takes to win, I don't think those change. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Most players, they want to be coached, they want discipline, and they want an environment in which they can play their best. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think the big thing is you look at your team, and you always think about ways that you can improve. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
When you look at what a coach does, it is leadership, it is communication, it is teaching, it is motivation. It really… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
The start of the season is always an exciting time. You're getting everything off the ground, establishing a style of play, a… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Sometimes as players achieve more and more and get further down the line in their careers, they tend to skip over the… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Sometimes to make up ground, if you're in a big hole, you might add more 3-point shooting. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think when you look around it's: How can you build a team in which you have more than one star? That… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I try to work out. As an assistant, it was a lot easier to work out. Then as a head coach, not… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
At Team U.S.A., I've worked with Doc Rivers, Jeff Van Gundy, Brendan Malone, not just great head coaches but assistants and great… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Sometimes you think you know someone as a player, but then you spend six weeks together, and you really get to know… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
Figuring out what your players do well and finding a system that will work effectively for them gives you the best chance… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
When you look at coaching in the pros 25-plus years, I have been with rebuilding teams and I have been with championship teams, and… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
There are no short cuts. If you want to do something special, there's a serious price to pay. There's no way around it. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
Passing and defense are two things that help build your team, brings the best out of people. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
When you look at what a coach does, it is leadership, it is communication, it is teaching, it is motivation. It really comes down… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
You can have a great season, but that doesn't necessarily mean you're great. To be great you have to do it year after year… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
The teams that win consistently, they put the work into it and they don't skip steps. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
You have to have core values. What do you believe in? Do you believe in hard work? Do you believe in discipline? Do you… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
I think I experienced it during the '90s that there's no better place to be than Madison Square Garden. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
There's obviously different roads you can go down. And I think if you study it, how teams are built - and I went through… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
In some cases where the team is mixed, there's almost two practices going on in one, where your young guys are getting the work… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share
