Mike D'Antoni

Every coach is paranoid.

— Mike D'Antoni

Every ship gets rocked sometimes.

— Mike D'Antoni

It's a tough league.

— Mike D'Antoni

Pau's a great guy.

— Mike D'Antoni

Teams win championships.

— Mike D'Antoni

I like the offense to flow.

— Mike D'Antoni

A champion has a heart.

— Mike D'Antoni

Things don't always go smoothly.

— Mike D'Antoni

Some coaches get fired even after the best years they've ever had.

— Mike D'Antoni

Some people say, with my name, they call me Antoni and no D.

— Mike D'Antoni

Kobe woks harder than anybody I've seen.

— Mike D'Antoni

As a coach, you're worried about everything.

— Mike D'Antoni

Chemistry on the floor - without it, you can't win.

— Mike D'Antoni

Rondo is a very good basketball player - really good.

— Mike D'Antoni

To me, a big man has to be able to guard on the perimeter.

— Mike D'Antoni

I don't actually like coffee. But I'm addicted to Starbucks.

— Mike D'Antoni

Nash was a purist. Steve's a Hall of Fame point guard. He was unbelievably good.

— Mike D'Antoni

I had always wanted to see Europe, and what better way to see it than to spend a year there playing basketball?

— Mike D'Antoni

Nobody wants to go into the season going, 'OK, if you have a really good year, you can come in third.'

— Mike D'Antoni

Almost everyone in the family have been schoolteachers, been in education forever.

— Mike D'Antoni

My dad was a principal and coach. My sister was a superintendent of schools in West Virginia.

— Mike D'Antoni

The three-point line changed everything and the players' ability to be able to make three-pointers changed how you attacked the basket.

— Mike D'Antoni

I think coaching Steve Nash is easy no matter if it's a good or bad start.

— Mike D'Antoni

Being rested and playing bad is not going to be a good formula going into the playoffs. That's not good.

— Mike D'Antoni

The more energy you bring to the game, the more you're going to get the ball. That's always been the case, and…

— Mike D'Antoni

James Harden has been and is one of the top players in the league, and he's been that way. He can defend,…

— Mike D'Antoni

It's basketball. This is great. How do you get scars from something you love? You can get some regrets, 'I wish I…

— Mike D'Antoni

I was a much better player in Europe than I was in the N.B.A., and lot of that had to do with…

— Mike D'Antoni

I think the thing is you always play with what you have in high school. It was always very fastbreaky-type basketball. And…

— Mike D'Antoni

Old coaches, I think everybody will tell you, you got to be who you are, because you try to be somebody you…

— Mike D'Antoni

When his football and baseball careers ended, my dad became an accomplished marbles player. Then dad got really good at pitching horseshoes.…

— Mike D'Antoni

It's hard to to make it in the NBA. Everybody's got talent. So what's the difference between a talented guy who makes…

— Mike D'Antoni

Most of the time when there's a communication problem, it's because the message being received is not the message you want. It's…

— Mike D'Antoni

When you open up the court, now the point guards can see, they can score, and they're not afraid to take shots.…

— Mike D'Antoni

That's the challenge you take as a player, coach, whatever... executive... that you're gonna have to perform at a high level, whether…

— Mike D'Antoni

When it came to basketball, I was a fanatic. I started to focus solely on basketball the summer before my freshman year…

— Mike D'Antoni

You don't get many second chances in life.

— Mike D'Antoni

Kobe is a unique individual and he is very headstrong.

— Mike D'Antoni

I'm going to do everything I can do to win a championship.

— Mike D'Antoni

I will always be in basketball some way or another.

— Mike D'Antoni