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
Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.
He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.
I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.
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.
And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.
You can't win without the ball.
I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.
Look after your people.
If you're keeping score, win!
Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.
The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?