Red Auerbach Sports Quotations

He has the players too happy.

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.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

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

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 where management has a great deal of integrity and they can depend on my word or anybody else's word in the organization, they feel secure. And if the players feel secure, they don't want to leave here. And if they don't want to leave here, they're going to do everything they can on the court to stay here.

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