Quotes from Brad Stevens

We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

I guess my Indy friends don't always love to hear this, but yeah I root for the Pats.

I've always found that in a team of 15 people, it's a little different than in a team of 40 or 50 people. If I name two or three people captains, inevitably you're disempowering more than you're empowering.

As far as routine goes, one of the things we talk about all the time is that if you have a routine that's great. But you can't be like married to it because the bus could break down on the way to the arena, you could get stuck in traffic, you may be sick that day and you may feel better by game time.

I always was intrigued by the N.B.A.

Basketball has given me so many opportunities, and it's something that's opened the world to me and allowed me to travel really all over the world.

I think in coaching you just expect it to end at some point by being let go or by being fired. It's just kind of the nature of the business, so I've never really focused on that. I'm just trying to focus on doing the job as well as I can.

All 15 guys on every team want to play all 48 minutes. It's just kind of the way that every season goes.

I don't keep a lot of the trophy stuff. I don't pay attention to it.

I try not to schedule too many meetings. That's one of the things I learned in corporate America - that you can spend your days having meetings and never actually have time to work.

If I was playing a game of Sorry or checkers with my nine-year-old, I hate losing. That's just my makeup and personality.

I believe you're either intrinsically motivated or you're not.

Keeping myself motivated is not hard.

As a coach, you have to have a short-term memory when it comes to shooting. Let it fly and move on.

Nutrition and sleep are two of the most underrated things, especially with younger kids.

I appreciate who I work with, I appreciate the players and the staff.

I get great satisfaction from trying to get better and trying to do the next thing as well as I can.

There's no doubt what the goal in Boston is. There is no grey, it is black and white. You're going to try to win the whole thing every single year.

I like to be pretty streamlined, to maximize our time on the practice floor. I like to make sure I'm respectful of our players' time.

Your strengths have to stand out. Your strengths have to be perfected.

In an ideal world, we all walk out our door and we all feel the same way about going out to run an errand, going for a jog, whatever the case may be. That shouldn't be a stressful thing.

I think that some of the best runs that I've been on as a coach have come as the result of a tough loss or a string of tough losses that galvanized us and made us figure out who we were. Then we were able to take off. You have to use them as learning experiences and move forward.

If somebody gives you accolades, that's nice to hear but it's not the end-all, be-all for me.

I'm only interested in being better than everyone else thought you could be.