Mike Budenholzer Quotes

Mike Budenholzer

Profession : Coach

Birth : December 29, 1964

Giannis is such a great player.

Mike Budenholzer

I can tell you, those video guys are truly trained to see the spacing, the timing, how offenses progress, what are teams doing defensively.

Mike Budenholzer

There's an attention to detail that you learn in the video room that, I don't want to say you can't get anywhere else, but it's a huge part of their foundation.

Mike Budenholzer

We talk a lot about having high-character guys and high-IQ guys, and I think that's one of the characteristics of those types of people or players that if and when something doesn't go their way, their reaction usually is to come back and fight harder, dig deeper, do more.

Mike Budenholzer

The health and well-being of our players are a critical component of our ability to succeed.

Mike Budenholzer

When you make that transition to being a head coach, there's so much more you have to think of and consider. You're constantly thinking, 'How does this impact our culture? How does this impact us two, three steps down the road?' It's thinking big picture, and all of those things come with time. It's a great challenge.

Mike Budenholzer

On a lot of teams that bottom guy, that weakside defender, is critical if something happens and you're broken down off the dribble or you're beat. That person has got to be there.

Mike Budenholzer

I'm very appreciative of Atlanta. I love living here. I love coaching here.

Mike Budenholzer

I love coaching.

Mike Budenholzer

There are so many pick and rolls in an NBA game. It's so hard to guard.

Mike Budenholzer

Growing up in a small community where everybody knows everybody, it was a lot of fun. Great friends, great memories.

Mike Budenholzer

My dad was a huge influence on me. He taught me how to play and a lot about the game. He was very passionate and intense. As I started coaching, he wanted to tell me about all of the presses and man-to-man coverages and big philosophical things.

Mike Budenholzer

My mom, raising seven children, was such a steady and firm influence. You did not mess around with my mom. Nobody in the neighborhood or whole town did. She had that steadiness and firmness but love at the same time.

Mike Budenholzer

Being the youngest, my siblings took great care of me and pushed me in all the right directions.

Mike Budenholzer

Every team has to work through things.

Mike Budenholzer

You never want to put yourself in a position where you can bring negativity to yourself or the organization and your teammates.

Mike Budenholzer

Any time your season ends it eats at you.

Mike Budenholzer

If you have the right kind of guys who are pushing each other and at the same time supporting each other, it's pretty cool.

Mike Budenholzer

We have so much respect for European basketball.

Mike Budenholzer

I would love to be the best defensive team in the league.

Mike Budenholzer