You have to believe - to me, the only way a team can improve is you have to be sharp. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
When you don't have your own team and you're not worried about who you are playing next, you have a much broader… — 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
You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams — 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 miss the camaraderie of being around your team and your staff. It's good to be back in the middle of it… — 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
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
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
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
You want to practice smart and you want to build a system in which you can bring the best out of each… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
What I look at is, OK, this is our team. How can we get better? What gives us the best chance to… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
A player is not going to get minutes just to get minutes. You have to impact winning, you have to put the… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
I think the important thing for me is to just be able to have a voice. — 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 Image
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 Image
Passing and defense are two things that help build your team, brings the best out of people. — 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 comes down… — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
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 Image
The teams that win consistently, they put the work into it and they don't skip steps. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think I experienced it during the '90s that there's no better place to be than Madison Square Garden. — Tom Thibodeau Copy Share Image
