Football Quotes by Tom Thibodeau

The biggest thing is chemistry on the floor and winning.

— Tom Thibodeau

The offseason is critical for any young player.

— Tom Thibodeau

You have to believe - to me, the only way a team can improve is you have to be sharp.

— Tom Thibodeau

The game never stays the game - it's always evolving.

— Tom Thibodeau

As a head coach, you're always concerned how you pace the team.

— Tom Thibodeau

You're going to always play your main guys more minutes.

— Tom Thibodeau

Your core beliefs of what it takes to win, I don't think those change.

— Tom Thibodeau

If you don't control the ball, you're dead.

— Tom Thibodeau

Sometimes as players achieve more and more and get further down the line in their careers, they tend to skip over the…

— Tom Thibodeau

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

Sometimes to make up ground, if you're in a big hole, you might add more 3-point shooting.

— Tom Thibodeau

I think the big thing is you look at your team, and you always think about ways that you can improve.

— Tom Thibodeau

When you look at what a coach does, it is leadership, it is communication, it is teaching, it is motivation. It really…

— Tom Thibodeau

Most players, they want to be coached, they want discipline, and they want an environment in which they can play their best.

— Tom Thibodeau

I was in Philadelphia when Kobe was a senior in high school and he used to come to all our practices and…

— Tom Thibodeau

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

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

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

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

I think that when you sort of look at what's gone on where players are familiar with each other - it starts…

— Tom Thibodeau

I think game-time is important. So if a young player is not getting the appropriate amount of time to develop, we'll utilize…

— Tom Thibodeau

There's obviously different roads you can go down. And I think if you study it, how teams are built - and I…

— Tom Thibodeau

Practice is important. The regular season is important. Your meetings are important. Your walk-through is important. Everything is important. You want to…

— Tom Thibodeau

I think that's a big challenge in the NBA: How quickly can you adapt? Because things always change in the league -…

— Tom Thibodeau

I grew up as a kid and the Knicks were great.

— Tom Thibodeau

It is rare when you have the opportunity to get a top-10 player.

— Tom Thibodeau

The teams that win consistently, they put the work into it and they don't skip steps.

— Tom Thibodeau

Everyone tends to measure people on points and shots and not the all-around game.

— Tom Thibodeau

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

It's more than just playing hard. You have to maintain concentration and you have to combine that with your intensity level.

— Tom Thibodeau

In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes

— Tom Thibodeau

Passing and defense are two things that help build your team, brings the best out of people.

— Tom Thibodeau

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams

— Tom Thibodeau

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

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

Every player is different. And you want them to play to their strengths, and cover up their weaknesses.

— Tom Thibodeau

A player is not going to get minutes just to get minutes. You have to impact winning, you have to put the…

— Tom Thibodeau

There will always be some games over the course of the season where we don't shoot the ball great.

— Tom Thibodeau

Every game reveals exactly where you are. We should have a good understanding after every game why we either won or lost…

— Tom Thibodeau

I think people sometimes get caught up in the wrong stuff. The most important thing is the winning.

— Tom Thibodeau