Red Auerbach

Quotes by Red Auerbach

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Basketball coach and executive · American · 1917–2006

American basketball coach and executive (1917–2006)

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“Just do what you do best.”

“You handle animals. You deal with people.”

“Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?”

“The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.”

“To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.”

“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.”

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“Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?”
— Red Auerbach
basketball bill-russell boston celtics

“The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.”
— Red Auerbach
Love Self World

“Just do what you do best.”
— Red Auerbach
You Just

“To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.”
— Red Auerbach
Father Past Child

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. ”
— Red Auerbach
sports

“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.”
— Red Auerbach
goals

“You handle animals. You deal with people.”
— Red Auerbach

“Tony DiNozzo: William Felton Russell, 5-time MVP, greatest basketball champion ever. He used to get so nervous, so pumped, he had to throw up before every game... One night, the Celtics take the co...”
— Red Auerbach