Red Auerbach Quotes About Coaches

Quotes about: Coaches

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

  Red Auerbach

  Leadership, Sports, Communication

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

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Teamwork, Im Sorry

• 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.

  Red Auerbach

  Success, Sports, Integrity

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

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Sports, Boss

• When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Winning, Player

• You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Winning, Player

• Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.

  Red Auerbach

  Needs, Soup, Talent

  Interview with Ken Shouler, www.espn.com. October 28, 2006.

• If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

  Red Auerbach

  Player, Want, Coaches

  Interview with Ken Shouler, www.espn.com. October 28, 2006.

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

  Red Auerbach

  Men, Personality, Strategy

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