Monty Williams

“To be able to win on a Game 7 in The Finals, was a huge experience for me.”

“You can either be a quitter, a camper or a climber. I don't want to quit, and I certainly don't want to camp.”

“When you win a championship, you realize it takes a level of stamina that most people don't have.”

“It's so easy to go the route of thinking about all the situations we've seen and they hurt us all deeply, but I think it's also a time to make sure we rally around the good policemen in our society that do their jobs every day, put their lives on the line.”

“When I came into the NBA, to be around Patrick Ewing and Derek Harper and Doc Rivers and Charles Oakley and Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy every day had a huge effect on me.”

“If I do have a strength, it probably is adaptability.”

“We all just want to see action, we all just want to see change and we all understand that we can play a part in that by being part of the solution in our local communities.”

“I want to continue to climb up the mountain of life and try to get everything that God has for me.”

“Well sometimes, culture can stifle talent, so you have to be careful.”

“Communication is huge and a lot of it is knowing what to say, and it takes time.”

“You do feel a level of excitement because winning in the NBA is really hard as it relates to one game, but to win a series, you have to enjoy that.”

“I would like to be the kind of coach who gets text messages and phone calls from players years after I coach them, because we had something that is bigger than just being on the floor.”

“We talk about touching our guys in a personal way, knowing that we all want to play basketball and coach basketball, but our guys are dealing with stuff and we want to make sure we are sensitive to that.”

“I'm not going to sit here and complain about a team that is aggressive.”

“I want to have something substantial to say or I'm just not going to say anything.”

“We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.”

“Everybody's not 7-1, 335 and can dance.”

“Even though I've been diagnosed with a heart condition, I've had no symptoms and have been cleared to play by the National Institute of Health. The health issue was never a factor in contract negotiations.”

“I just don't look at jobs and say, 'Well, I'd rather coach here and not there.'”

“Everyone playing in the NBA likes to have pressure. If you didn't like pressure, you wouldn't be playing.”