Mike D'Antoni

I like the offense to flow.

— Mike D'Antoni

Things don't always go smoothly.

— Mike D'Antoni

A champion has a heart.

— Mike D'Antoni

Pau's a great guy.

— Mike D'Antoni

It's a tough league.

— Mike D'Antoni

Teams win championships.

— Mike D'Antoni

Every coach is paranoid.

— Mike D'Antoni

Every ship gets rocked sometimes.

— Mike D'Antoni

I think about any season, you remember your relationships.

— Mike D'Antoni

You coach long enough, you're gonna get fired.

— Mike D'Antoni

I try to stick to who I am and try to make it work.

— Mike D'Antoni

I don't know of anybody not trying on offense when they're upset.

— Mike D'Antoni

Every coach should be under scrutiny.

— Mike D'Antoni

If you're a ball stopper, usually you're inefficient.

— Mike D'Antoni

I like Utah, but they don't have a Starbucks.

— Mike D'Antoni

Basketball has changed, and the way the game is played has changed.

— Mike D'Antoni

If the best that we have is an iso, or if my personnel on my team dictates that that is really good,…

— Mike D'Antoni

I can't just say I wanna take a Hall of Fame point guard and make him into something else.

— Mike D'Antoni

There's always things we could have done better, and it's easier with hindsight.

— Mike D'Antoni

To take a team to win a championship, there's so many things that have to happen.

— Mike D'Antoni

Swagger's big. We have to have confidence to go ahead and play our game in who we are and not get away…

— Mike D'Antoni

When you're desperate, it's good on defense because your hair should be on fire, but it's bad on offense.

— Mike D'Antoni

You talk about winning championships, well championships are won by 12 guys, the organization, being in the right spot at the right time.

— Mike D'Antoni

Well, at different points of people's careers or lives or circumstances, things are different.

— Mike D'Antoni

You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to…

— Mike D'Antoni

It was reported that I said I wouldn't, shouldn't have gone to New York. No. I said I shouldn't have left Steve…

— Mike D'Antoni

You have guys that are comfortable in certain roles and they've made a lot of money in the role that they've been…

— Mike D'Antoni

Why not play the most possessions you can play if you're the best defensively and offensively? Any time possessions are cut down,…

— Mike D'Antoni

Some of the hard part of coaching is to be able to drag people over to the next side. People are comfortable…

— Mike D'Antoni

I think any criticism bothers anybody. I get my back up when I hear stuff that I think the people don't know…

— Mike D'Antoni

Every coach in the league does an unbelievable job, and they're prepared and think you're going to outcoach people, or you think…

— Mike D'Antoni

Some players need it and some don't. Some have a little too much confidence. But bench players, guys in secondary roles, just…

— 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

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

I don't want to go with conventional thinking.

— Mike D'Antoni

I hate when guys say: 'Hey I didn't get my touches.'

— Mike D'Antoni

Defense is always collective. You have to do it collectively.

— Mike D'Antoni

I don't care who guards him. He's still going to be Anthony Davis.

— Mike D'Antoni