Doc Rivers Player Quotations

The thing a player has to ask himself: 'Do you want to choose winning over standing out?' Dwyane Wade made that choice, and I don't think he gets enough credit.

Ricky is probably our second-best player on the team, but that doesn't mean he starts.

That was such a great game. As a player I couldn't wait to play it.

Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth

If you're a great defensive player, you're a great defensive player 100% of the time. You can't be a great defensive player half of the time because you didn't get the ball once or twice. That can't sidetrack you. It's got to be 'I live for my defense, and my offense I'll get. But I can't let it affect my defense. Nothing affects my defense.'

I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots

(Oklahoma Thunder center Kendrick) Perkins doesn't like other NBA players.

I wanted him to stay more in the middle of the floor because we thought if he went to the sideline they would be able to double. And they actually did, and he still got the shot off. That was just a great player making a great shot.

The funniest part is I missed most of the celebration because I ran into the locker room because I thought that's what everyone did, ... I probably sat in there for five minutes and not one player came in there. I came back out and Michael Wilson's on the rim, guys are celebrating. I guess I should have stayed out there, but I didn't know.