Basketball Quote by Red Auerbach Download Open image “The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.” — Red Auerbach ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basketball Basketball team Boston Boston celtics Celtics Celtics Basketball Football Life Team Way Way of life
Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
The Celtics are an amazing franchise and a great organization to play with. — Marcus Smart Copy Share Image
That's one of the reasons I decided to come to Boston - to contend and win a championship, especially with the history of the… — Al Horford Copy Share Image
Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks… — Doug Collins Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player. — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
Being an opponent playing in Boston over the years, you always see guys in the stands who played for the Celtics. It's a mystique.… — Rasheed Wallace Copy Share Image
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I'm obviously very grateful to play for a sports organization like the Boston Celtics. — Rajon Rondo Copy Share Image
And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love. — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential. — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
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… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies. — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
You see, in sports you have so many things that aren't expected. There's so much uncertainty. So when players find themselves in a situation… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
When business is good it pays to advertise; when it is bad you have got to advertise — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100% — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball. — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's similar to basketball: when you go to different gyms and win or lose, you learn something new. So when kids get out of… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach… — Adolph Rupp Copy Share Image
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas… — Darryl Dawkins Copy Share Image
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