Football Quotes by Brad Stevens

I've always enjoyed football.

— Brad Stevens

I just like competing.

— Brad Stevens

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

— Brad Stevens

That's part of free agency. You can go where you want at the end of the day.

— Brad Stevens

I love the game of basketball. I don't know if I like it better than competing.

— Brad Stevens

You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness

— Brad Stevens

You have to play together and play the right way.

— Brad Stevens

I like Kyrie, and I wish him nothing but health and success.

— Brad Stevens

You always want to put time and thought into how guys can improve during the offseason.

— Brad Stevens

I guess I could be happy in anything where you feel like there's a scoreboard.

— Brad Stevens

I've been really fortunate to have coached in some moments that you can only dream about coaching in. The day after, you…

— Brad Stevens

I couldn't be more proud to be in the NBA, to be with the Celtics and be surrounded by the people I…

— Brad Stevens

All 15 guys on every team want to play all 48 minutes. It's just kind of the way that every season goes.

— Brad Stevens

I've always been a guy that if you can shoot 3s, you need to shoot 3s. It extends the defense, especially when…

— Brad Stevens

If I was playing a game of Sorry or checkers with my nine-year-old, I hate losing. That's just my makeup and personality.

— Brad Stevens

The longer I've gone on in coaching, the more I take everything as information and not as much emotional.

— Brad Stevens

You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not

— Brad Stevens

At the end of the day, you do this job because you really like working with your team and like the chance…

— Brad Stevens

One of my biggest regrets in coaching was my eighth or ninth game of my career. I was wound up about a…

— Brad Stevens

Jaylen's a high achiever. You can be a high achiever in every which way. He's a guy that - we've talked about…

— Brad Stevens

I think in coaching you just expect it to end at some point by being let go or by being fired. It's…

— Brad Stevens

I think the first assumption as a coach can't be that we just have to run harder or do it tougher. You…

— Brad Stevens

Strength is never a negative. The stronger you are, the more you're able to defend. The more physical you are, the better…

— Brad Stevens

I have a pretty good idea of what makes NBA players great - especially at the different positions, and where the biggest…

— Brad Stevens

That's the toughest part about coaching, I think, is that the longer you're in it, the more winning becomes, 'Phew, I'm glad…

— Brad Stevens

There have been many a days in coaching where I've said, What was I thinking? Because it is not the easiest job…

— Brad Stevens

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

— Brad Stevens

I love Evan Turner. I think he's a great teammate. I think he's a hard worker. I think he loves basketball. I…

— Brad Stevens

I think the game will always be dependent on the players that are at its most elite level at that time.

— Brad Stevens

Jaylen's greatest impact, as good as he is at basketball, won't be at basketball. I just think he's a special guy. He's…

— Brad Stevens

That's what the great teams do. That's where, if you're a good shooter, become a great one. If you're a good ballhandler,…

— Brad Stevens

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions

— Brad Stevens

As a coach I think that's one of the things we have to exude: the ability to move on regardless of the…

— Brad Stevens

I've always found that in a team of 15 people, it's a little different than in a team of 40 or 50…

— Brad Stevens

I look across the league at some of these really good teams and these great players, and you give a guy that…

— Brad Stevens