Brad Stevens

“I've always been a huge Oladipo fan.”

“Nobody has had a bigger influence on me as far as day-to-day preparation than Todd Lickliter. He was a huge, huge, huge influence.”

“Two points doesn't seem like a lot, but there's only 2 points that separate the best from the worst sometimes.”

“I think it's great when you get a chance to play for your country.”

“Anything that we all can do to get a little bit better or think a little bit differently or use the lens of someone else in another industry to help in your own management, I think, is really important.”

“Keeping myself motivated is not hard.”

“It's so much fun to dream in your driveway. I had an old wooden backboard in my driveway. That's where my friends and I hung out.”

“You always want to put time and thought into how guys can improve during the offseason.”

“The difference between mediocre, good and great is you're able to have the enthusiasm for prep, to work to prepare to win the same in January that you do in August, when everybody says they're excited.”

“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.”

“Strength is never a negative. The stronger you are, the more you're able to defend. The more physical you are, the better you are. The top teams in the NBA are the most physical teams, too.”

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

“I'm not a big basketball book guy.”

“I can tell you right now, anybody that says I'm genius, that is the farthest thing from the truth.”

“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.”

“When you work in the pharmaceutical industry you realize that there's a lot out of people's control, and there's ways that people can be helped.”

“I've always been a guy that if you can shoot 3s, you need to shoot 3s. It extends the defense, especially when you've got a guy that can play an undersize 5 role.”

“The longer I've gone on in coaching, the more I take everything as information and not as much emotional.”

“Of all the great moments at Butler, I still remember the losses most vividly. I don't know why. I guess that's kind of what drives you.”

“I couldn't be more proud to be in the NBA, to be with the Celtics and be surrounded by the people I get to go to work with every day.”