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Red Auerbach Quotes & Sayings

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

I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. — 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. — Red Auerbach

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love. — Red Auerbach

I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different. — Red Auerbach

He has the players too happy. — Red Auerbach

You can't win without the ball. — Red Auerbach

Look after your people. — Red Auerbach

Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell? — Red Auerbach

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb. — Red Auerbach

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. — Red Auerbach

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

Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality. — Red Auerbach

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart. — Red Auerbach

All records are made to be broken. — Red Auerbach

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear. — Red Auerbach

Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup. — Red Auerbach

If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be. — 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 — Red Auerbach

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. — Red Auerbach

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted. — Red Auerbach

The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life. — Red Auerbach

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge. — Red Auerbach

I have two college degrees, but the only way I could make a living was by showing kids how to put a ball in a hole. — Red Auerbach

Everything can happen in the playoffs. — Red Auerbach

If you're keeping score, win. — Red Auerbach

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. — Red Auerbach

You handle animals. You deal with people. — Red Auerbach

Just do what you do best. — Red Auerbach

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind. — Red Auerbach

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

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 ball club. — Red Auerbach

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies. — Red Auerbach

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. — Red Auerbach