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
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.
Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.
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;
I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.
Wilt Chamberlain had a great deal to do with the success of the NBA. His dominance, power, demeanor and the rivalry with Bill Russell says it all. He will be sorely missed by myself and everyone in the basketball community. Wilt was a great performer and a great athlete.
You can't win without the ball.
If you're keeping score, win!
If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.
Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.
Everything can happen in the playoffs.
I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.
If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
All records are made to be broken.