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

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

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 caring - fiercely caring

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

Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.

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 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.

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

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

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 have shed many tears.I have been broken in my spirit.But through it all, God's grace have lifted my soul.

Hatred - The anger of the weak.

Look at me and think of Schwarzenegger.

It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought.

When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

No matter how tired or wretched I am, a pussycat sitting in a doorway can divert my mind.

Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes.

Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era.