Player Quotes by Red Auerbach

Red Auerbach

And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.

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Red Auerbach

He has the players too happy.

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Red Auerbach

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 that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don’t want to cope with.

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Red Auerbach

If I’m going to coach the players, I want some say on who they’re going to be.

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Red Auerbach

It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear.

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Red Auerbach

Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.

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Care

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Red Auerbach

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

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Winning

Red Auerbach

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 times in 20 years.

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Winning

Red Auerbach

Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.

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Winning

Red Auerbach

You don’t win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

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Winning

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Player Quotes by Red Auerbach

And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.

He has the players too happy.

If I’m going to coach the players, I want some say on who they’re going to be.

It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear.

Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

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 times in 20 years.

Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.

You don’t win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

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