Red Auerbach Quotes

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• I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.
• I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.
• I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear.
• When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037…
• You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches
• The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.
• Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
• He has the players too happy.
• Take pride in what you do. The kind of pride I'm talking about is not the arrogant puffed-up kind; it's just the whole idea of…
• If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.
• You handle animals. You deal with people.
• To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two…
• Just do what you do best.
• Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
• The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.
• When business is good it pays to advertise; when it is bad you have got to advertise

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