The best Quotes about the Boston Celtics

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The best Quotes about the Boston Celtics

I came from from Boston, where team-wise players were a little selfish, there was a lot of ego involved. That was the problem, there was no team-building away from the court.

Juancho Hernangómez - May 2022

Boston is a city that has the power to convince you to change what teams you root for.

This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?

Rajon Rondo

I know there were some ups and downs, but I will always cherish my experience in Boston. I am forever grateful that I was given the opportunity to wear a Boston Celtics uniform and play in front of the Garden faithful.

Gordon Hayward - November 2020

Do they think that I won some contest to be in the NBA? Or that I don’t have to fight every day? That I’m not the first guy on the floor and the first in the weight room? That I haven’t been waking up 5:30 my whole life to train? I’d have to think you’d are an idiot to think I’m a joke.

Brian Scalabrine

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No one has ever been delighted to be in Boston in December. December? What are you excited about? "Oh, I love chapped lips and getting thrown up on by Patriots fans, how peachy."

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - December 2022

New England Patriots Boston

Welcome to Boston, where the weather is made up and the seasons don't matter.

Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.

Bill Bryson

Let's be honest: There's no better college town than Boston.

We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything about Boston is unique. It isn't one thing. Boston is its own deal.

When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.

John Williams

If you haven't taken pics on Acorn Street, strolled through the Public Garden, or kayaked on the Charles, do you actually live in Boston?

In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?

Boston Philadelphia

Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the arts. I was surrounded by theater, music, dance, museums. And I learned how to sail on the Charles River. So I had a great childhood in Boston. It was wonderful.

Leonard Nimoy

I wonder if Bird, Magic or MJ would care about clicks or likes?

Brian Scalabrine - March 2019, via Twitter

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Michael Rapaport: "Do you think you're better at being a sideline reporter than I am?"
Brian: "The problem is, I am not a sideline reporter. I'm a in-game analyst. So when you get to my level, we can have a conversation."

Brian Scalabrine

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Maybe now you could say I didn't play a second, but in five years, you guys are going to forget. In ten years I'll still be a champion. In 20 years I'll tell my kids I probably started, and in 30 years I'll probably tell them I got the MVP. So I'm probably not too worried about it.

Brian Scalabrine

One on one versus LeBron James? He would get crushed. We would all be witnesses to a straight up annihilation.

Gordon Hayward - October 2014, sees himself as the better player in League of Legends

No athlete on earth is as good at League of Legends as I am.

Gordon Hayward

"Ocarina of Time". If that phrase elicits any sort of emotional reaction inside of you, then we really have something in common.

Gordon Hayward

To the city of Charlotte, I can't wait to start the next chapter in my career! I am ready to play for another incredible organization with the Charlotte Hornets. Let's get it!

Gordon Hayward - November 2020

Charlotte Hornets Charlotte

Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.

Rajon Rondo

Training Role Models

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

Rajon Rondo

I'm an extension of the coach on the floor.

Rajon Rondo

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

Rajon Rondo

Ten time all-star, 2007 league-MVP, 2011 finals-MVP.
One day soon we'll have a statue outside the AAC.
Without question, the greatest player in Maverick's history: Dirk Nowitzki.

Rick Carlisle (as coach for Dallas Mavericks) - NBA World Champion Ring Ceremony 2011

Dirk Nowitzki 2011 Dallas Mavericks

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

Bill Russell

Selflessness Teams

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

Bill Russell

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

Bill Russell

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Bill Russell

But everybody won't love you and you can’t make everybody love you.

Enes Kanter (Basketballplayer for Oklahoma City Thunder)

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I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan.

Larry Bird in The Last Dance

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Basketball Motivation

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.

Blake Griffin

I wanted to be a complete player, and I felt like the dunks started to overshadow other parts of my game.

Blake Griffin

Before a game, I prefer R&B and stuff that calms me down, like The Weeknd.

Blake Griffin

We feel like we could have been a 60-win team. It's something to be proud of but the work doesn't stop there.

Blake Griffin

Los Angeles Clippers

Being grateful never goes out of style.

Juancho Hernangómez - June 2020

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

Kobe Bryant in Training Camp

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I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

Michael Jordan - June 2020

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