Quotes from Monty Williams

I try to be respectful.

Just for me, my leadership revolves around serving people. It's the way I thought would be effective for my personality.

I don't have any bitterness in my heart, man.

A lot of guys talk like they want to do it, and they think it would be cool to be in a nice suit on the sidelines, but I'm not afraid in dealing with the success and failures that goes with being a head coach.

We have an institutional problem with pervasive racism.

I know what it's like to have a No. 1 pick and having everybody picking at him all of the time.

Everything you want is on the other side of hard.

I want to help guys get better. I want to help them get paid. I want to help them win games, but I want to do it in a way that allows for them to think, 'That guy cares about me. He cares about my family. He cares about me as a person.'

Unfortunately, everything we do, somebody is going to have a cell phone. And you've got to be careful.

We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.

I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen and Coach Riley never told me why, I thought, 'Maybe I'm just being used as a pawn in the game.'

The essence of my coaching is to serve.

I'm not going to sit here and complain about a team that is aggressive.

Even though I've been diagnosed with a heart condition, I've had no symptoms and have been cleared to play by the National Institute of Health. The health issue was never a factor in contract negotiations.

I have to enhance the strengths but be honest about our weaknesses and get the players to consider a new way of doing some things.

I was so focused on winning and coaching; there were times players felt like I was really tough on them and hard on them. Now, I try to be more considerate with how I get my message across.

We have to approach every game with a level of desperation and we can't look at the series numbers.

I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost - the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn't coming home.

I've been blessed to coach alongside and play for some of the best coaches in the NBA, and consider it a privilege to once again be a head coach with an excellent organization like the Suns.

I just hope that we get to a day where we all feel like we feel protected and served by our police force.

To be able to win on a Game 7 in The Finals, was a huge experience for me.

I was just trying to coach and that was the only thing I knew. Coach the team. I think for me, ten years later and a lot of life experiences later, I'm more aware of the partnership that has to take place.

I'm not going to get into complaining publicly about fouls. Just not going to do that.

There was a time when Canadians - and they're just north of the border - but there weren't that many Canadians who had pushed themselves into the level of high-level college players.