“It's much easier to slow a point guard down than to have one speed up. That's why one of the axioms in basketball is that if you're going to have to play fast, you've got to commit to it early in training camp and it's got to become a habit.”

American basketball coach and former player, born 1959

Rick Carlisle is an American basketball coach and former player. Born in 1959, he has coached in the NBA for years and is head coach of the Indiana Pacers. He is also known for his time with the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks, and for winning the 2011 NBA Finals with Dallas. As a player, Carlisle appeared for the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and New Jersey Nets. He is among a small group of people who have won an NBA championship both on the court and from the bench, and he is one of the few NBA head coaches to reach 1,000 career wins.