Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

— Red Auerbach

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

— Red Auerbach

I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.

— Red Auerbach

Just do what you do best.

— Red Auerbach

The best way to forget one's self is to look at the world with attention and love.

— Red Auerbach

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

— Red Auerbach

Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?

— Red Auerbach