Don Nelson
Don Nelson
Donald Arvid "Don" Nelsonis an American former NBA player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 May 1940
CityMuskegon, MI
CountryUnited States of America
team fighting guy
Where ever the Mavericks are today, we owe it to Michael Finley. He was the one guy who stayed when we were a terrible team. He stayed and fought the fight.
years nba guy
I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it.
team winning games
When you have bad teams, you've got to be creative to win games you're not supposed to win.
running coaches
I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.
mean coaching tears
You have a lot of ups and downs in coaching, especially, but I can't remember any bad times at this point. I mean, they're all good. A lot of tears when you lose, a lot of down times, but I can't remember any of them. They're all positive now. Even the bad times were good.
regret honest remember
I can't remember any regrets, to be honest with you.
persons
I'm the most unracist person around.
winning play ifs
If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential.
I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great.
team taken careers
Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better.
bobby crazy hurt jackson stretch
Turnovers down the stretch hurt us. Then Bobby Jackson went crazy on us.
best team
This is the best team in basketball. They have a better team than the L.A. Lakers.
best team
This is the best team in basketball, ... They have a better team than the L.A. Lakers.
camp football miss month next training
He will miss training camp and the first month of next season. This is very important to them.