Monty Williams

“I'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.”

“I know I've been blessed a lot to be in this position, and I never want to lose sight of that. So, sometimes it's overwhelming when I think about how blessed I've been to be able to do what I do for a living.”

“In this league, the truth helps guys out.”

“There are so many things you can lose sight of as you try to win games and all the stuff we try to do every day.”

“In our case, my children and I couldn't have made it through the tough times without the grace of God and the wonderful support we received from family and friends.”

“Having already been a head coach and having been fired, you never want to be in a situation where you're not prepared.”

“Everything you want is on the other side of hard.”

“Just because you have a lead in the series doesn't mean you can show up and they're going to give it to you.”

“When I was in Portland, they started pushing me to do more media when they thought I was going to be a head coach.”

“I am overjoyed to receive the Michael H. Goldberg Coach of the Year Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association.”

“We're not going to ride on Space Mountain and do the Disney thing. Forget Mickey. This is freaking 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator' stuff that we are trying to will onto other teams.”

“I've learned I would rather be effective over right.”

“I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen and Coach Riley never told me why, I thought, 'Maybe I'm just being used as a pawn in the game.'”

“I'm distraught as I look at my boys - two are African American and one is Caucasian - because too many people see them differently. None of them should have to think about how law enforcement will treat them if pulled over for rolling through a stop sign.”

“I'm not going to get into complaining publicly about fouls. Just not going to do that.”

“A lot of young guys nowadays, when you start talking about guys wanting to get paid or what's best for them, they tend to think about themselves.”

“In my house, we have a sign that says, 'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.'”

“Your natural tendency, human nature, is to always look and see if there's an opportunity. But that's something that I don't spend a ton of time doing because I'm pretty meat and potatoes when it comes to approaching the day.”

“I have to enhance the strengths but be honest about our weaknesses and get the players to consider a new way of doing some things.”

“It's a skill to navigate uncertainty.”