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

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

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

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

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

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 quotes: The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

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

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

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

Red Auerbach quotes: He has the players too happy.

He has the players too happy.

Red Auerbach quotes: You can't win without the ball.

You can't win without the ball.

Red Auerbach quotes: Look after your people.

Look after your people.

Red Auerbach quotes: Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?

Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?

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

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

Red Auerbach quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

Red Auerbach quotes: 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 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 quotes: All records are made to be broken.

All records are made to be broken.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red Auerbach quotes: You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

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

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 quotes: He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

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

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

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

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

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.

Red Auerbach quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Everything can happen in the playoffs.

Everything can happen in the playoffs.

Red Auerbach quotes: If you're keeping score, win.

If you're keeping score, win.

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

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

Red Auerbach quotes: You handle animals. You deal with people.

You handle animals. You deal with people.

Red Auerbach quotes: Just do what you do best.

Just do what you do best.

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

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

Red Auerbach quotes: Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

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

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

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