Red Auerbach Quotes
- Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
- The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
- To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.
- I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So…
- They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
- It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they here.
- Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want…
- I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning…
- The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.
- An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
- The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.
- If you're keeping score, win!
- Look after your people.
- If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.
- All records are made to be broken.
- You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You…
- You can't win without the ball.
- Everything can happen in the playoffs.
- Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.
- He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.