Doc Rivers
Doc Rivers
Glenn Anton "Doc" Riversis an American basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. As an NBA point guard, Rivers was known for his defense...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 October 1961
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
backward guys hopefully step stuff taken team unless win
We're going to win the division, ... If we don't, we've taken a step backward unless our young guys have done something where you can see hope. But I'm going to tell you this, and hopefully it won't be often: That young team stuff is not going to be used as a crutch. OK, we're young. So what?
collapse nearly teams total
We're not out of it. But it's going to be nearly impossible, obviously, to get in. We need to have a total collapse of two teams (including ninth-place Chicago) now.
future great obviously potential talent talking
We keep talking about the future and obviously you see all the talent, young talent but it's still potential. It's great to have potential but it's better to have it realized.
ball energy second stood
The one thing that stood out immediately was the ball movement, and that's why I started him in the second half. I didn't know he had energy like that.
answer anyone beat next team white
You beat a team once, they're going to come after you the next night. We had no answer for anyone in a white jersey.
extremely guys heard time
You heard their voices. Our young guys were extremely verbal. It's the first time we heard their voices.
games quite seen ugliest
We didn't play well. One of the referees said this was one of the ugliest games he's seen in quite some time. And I told him I agree, but I wanted it to look pretty for us at the end. Unfortunately it didn't.
figure hurt tried warming
When he tried to go, he hurt it warming up before the game. We're really short-handed at that position, we're going to have to try to figure out something if he's going to be out.
ball everybody good great moved paul played
Wally and Paul played so well off each other. Well, everybody did a great job. The defense, at times, was really good with the rotations, and I just thought the ball moved great.
everybody great job pitch
With Wally going out, everybody had to just pitch in. Everyone did a great job of it.
bring create run stretch stuff time trying
We're trying to run more stuff, and more importantly down the stretch you can see we were just trying to create stuff on the fly. Every time there was a break, I had to bring Wally over.
entire freedom gets whether worrying
You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.
best guys stay suck worrying
As a coach, you've got to do what's best for the team. If guys don't like it, they're going to leave. If they stay and don't like it, well, your team's going to suck anyway. Even if this happens, you still have to do it. You can't coach worrying about any individual.
history run
I don't think you should ever run from history. You should learn from it and embrace it.