Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbachwas an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death. As a coach, he won 938 games and nine National Basketball Associationchampionships in ten years. As general manager and team president of the Celtics, he won an additional seven NBA titles, for a grand total of 16 in a span of 29...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 September 1917
CountryUnited States of America
Most of your great coaches do some teaching and developing of players. Phil may be able to do it, but he hasn't shown it. His teams have been ready-made.
The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.
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
Just do what you do best.
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.
To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You don't have to do that. They know you're in charge.
It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.