Quotes from Mike D'Antoni

Every coach should be under scrutiny.

Give me one coach in any sport that's not always on the hot seat. You're just as good as your last game... You're always on a hot seat.

My whole philosophy is 24 seconds or less. I don't care if it's seven or 10 or 20, we just have to get one good shot in those 24 seconds and that's what we'll do.

Every coach is paranoid.

The three-point line changed everything and the players' ability to be able to make three-pointers changed how you attacked the basket.

Rondo is a very good basketball player - really good.

She really taught me a lot about how to believe in myself without being cocky. That's a tough thing to do sometimes. But my mom had it down pat.

Some players need it and some don't. Some have a little too much confidence. But bench players, guys in secondary roles, just need a shot of confidence all the time.

I don't buy it is all about the rings because there are a lot of guys that got rings that can't play a lick. They happened to be on the bench with some great players, so I don't buy into that totally.

I had always wanted to see Europe, and what better way to see it than to spend a year there playing basketball?

I think any criticism bothers anybody. I get my back up when I hear stuff that I think the people don't know what they're talking about - understanding that I can improve in a lot of different areas and the team can improve.

If the best that we have is an iso, or if my personnel on my team dictates that that is really good, then that's what we're going to do.

Ultimately, you try to fit your personnel and what you can do as well into what you run.

I can't just say I wanna take a Hall of Fame point guard and make him into something else.

Some of the best times are training camp and getting your ideas in how you'd like them.

Well, at different points of people's careers or lives or circumstances, things are different.

I'm going to do everything I can do to win a championship.

To take a team to win a championship, there's so many things that have to happen.

You don't have to love each other. I've been on a lot of championship teams in Europe where there's edges and we don't go out to dinner every night.

Teams win championships.

You don't get many second chances in life.

If you think something's right and the numbers prove it's right, then go all-in. You can't muddy the waters. You can't just go halfway.

Being rested and playing bad is not going to be a good formula going into the playoffs. That's not good.

That's the challenge you take as a player, coach, whatever... executive... that you're gonna have to perform at a high level, whether that's by luck or whatever, by design, it has to get up there, otherwise it's not gonna be the most pleasant experience, but it's a challenge. And I think everybody would love a challenge like that.