Billy Donovan Quotes

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Billy Donovan

Profession : Coach

Birth : May 30, 1965

There's certain things you have to do habitually every single night that the game needs you to do.

Billy Donovan

Your roster's gonna change. It's kind of part of it in the NBA.

Billy Donovan

From a philosophical standpoint, there's certain things I really, really believe in offensively that would probably be broad-stroke things.

Billy Donovan

It's not so much we need to come down and take a shot in the first six seconds. But what we need to do is initiate our offense in the first four or five seconds, so we have some time to work off each other and we have more time on the clock to do more things.

Billy Donovan

I do think officiating an NBA game in the playoffs is so hard, because you have such incredible familiarity. All the coaches do is sit around and watch tape. The players know everybody's plays and what they're running. They know what's coming. You try to get every little possible advantage you can.

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You try to get every little possible advantage you can. And sometimes for the officials, it's really really hard to officiate the games. I do respect the fact that the officials have a hard job to do.

Billy Donovan

When players leave, you gotta be aligned with the people that are in charge and the people you're working with every single day.

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I think it's always emotional when you leave a place that you enjoyed working with the people you were working with.

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It was five great years in Oklahoma City.

Billy Donovan

I do feel like Oklahoma City was incredibly open and honest with me.

Billy Donovan

Lonzo to me is as good as an advanced passer as there is. In order to play to his strengths, we've got to get out to enable him to get his passing into the game. He is really, really good in getting it up the floor.

Billy Donovan

DeRozan is a very high IQ player.

Billy Donovan

You want to be able to make deep runs in the playoffs.

Billy Donovan

I think anytime you are in a team setting and there is any kind of acknowledgement, per se, I think it's always a reflection of the coaching staff and the players and the organization, in my opinion.

Billy Donovan

It is really hard to win in this league if you don't do three things: If you don't win the free throw battle, the rebounding battle and the turnover battle, it's really difficult.

Billy Donovan

We all have feelings, we all have emotions.

Billy Donovan

I can't tell you I was OK with getting dressed up in a cowboy outfit. When you're 20 years old it's kind of corny.

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Anytime you're working with somebody, are you always going to agree on everything? No.

Billy Donovan

We all have experiences in our life that we can share and help each other get better in.

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I recruited Wendell Carter a little bit out of high school, so I am familiar with him when he was younger. He's a very, very high character, talented big man.

Billy Donovan