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“Who reported that he’s struggling with the language barrier? He’s not.” (10/10/2025)

"I mean, it's a classic ‘hold me back’ moment. What am I going to do? I’m the head coach, I can’t do anything. It was cool to fake it at the time." (10/2/2025)

“I hate preseason games. We should just have practice for a month straight.” (10/14/2025)

“I don’t see five guys rebound. So then I go get five, and they rebound. It’s that simple. Doesn’t matter about wings, bigs, it doesn’t matter. Find five guys that will rebound, rebound. Go. It’s that simple.” (10/13/2025)

“At this point, I only yell at him in Spanish.” (10/10/2025)

“You guys got new chairs? Anything for you guys to be comfortable, huh? You need armrests now? Unbelievable.” (10/12/2025)

"Zero. I'll save you time." (10/8/2025)

“Everything in this world today is about recency bias. Every time it’s like, 'oh this is the best ever.' ...[W]hatever you’re going through right now is the biggest, the best, the most important, hardest, easiest. None of that really matters. It’s all the same.” (10/6/2025)

"The world is soft." (10/2/2023)

"A lot of defense is really more about being in the right position before the play starts, and not waiting for the play to start." (9/29/2025)

"But at the end of the day, the process of winning is the ultimate goal, and that will forever be the goal as long as you coach." (9/29/2025)

“No more Jayson questions.” (10/6/2025)

“The message is the same. Don’t put yourself in a box about how you can impact the game. You need to impact the game in different ways and you have to have balance. You have to be able to go to different things on different nights.” (9/29/2025)

"Some people, you go visit them. Some people you just see here. Some people like dinner, some people like coffee, some people don't like doing anything at all." (9/29/2025)

"If I ever get to the point where I start basing my motivation on the expectations of others and people that I've never met before, I'll retire, quick." (9/29/2025)

“I see what you did there, trying to build that correlation between Payton and Anfernee, which I’m sure you’ll try to do the whole season, So, nip that in the bud immediately. Those two don’t go hand in hand, they’re completely different guys.” (9/29/202)

I believe the correct Mazullesque answer would be “Nobody cares.” But thank you!

“I was there the first time he walked, I was there the first time he ran, I was there for the first shots he took.” (9/29/2025)

“He had to go to a dark place and I’m glad he had to go there.” (9/29/2025)

“I’m not telling you that.” (5/14/2025)

“They’ll be ready.” (5/12/2025)

“It’s tough to watch a guy like him being carried off like that.” (5/12/2025)

“Since he came back, he’s kind of been dealing with it — working through it, fighting through it, doing the best he can. And I think it was just too much for him in that game. He had been working through it since he’s gotten back, and he’s done a great job of being available.” (5/6/2025)

"Have to have better play-calling, have to make shots, have to make some better reads. Yeah, have to be better." (5/5/2025)

"I expect him to be better." (5/8/2025)

“I take solace in the fact that we have a challenge ahead of us, and we have a chance to go after it together.” (5/7/2025)

“This guy beat the Russians in chess and then went into Taiwan and beat the natives in tai chi, so he’s able to take on things. If you’re going to coach the Celtics you must be able to take on the type of stuff he did . . . I just felt he could take us to another level.” (5/5/2025)

“It changes substitution patterns, it changes what you're able to do matchup wise and play call, frequency wise, so yeah, I think we felt (his absence). But it's no excuse. We had plenty of opportunities to (win) and hopefully he's ready for Game 2.” (5/5/2025)

"I would have blocked it myself, but he didn't shoot it." (1/31/2024)

“No one’s been arrested. As long as we’re playing within the rules, you have to win in the trenches.” (4/28/2025)