Monty Williams Quotes

Monty Williams

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 8, 1971

A lot of guys talk like they want to do it, and they think it would be cool to be in a nice suit on the sidelines, but I'm not afraid in dealing with the success and failures that goes with being a head coach.

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In life, and in basketball, if you lay the truth out there, people don't have to guess.

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In this league, the truth helps guys out.

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The essence of my coaching is to serve.

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I think when people say stuff about you, you want to prove them wrong.

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Just, sometimes your faith and your feelings don't line up.

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Your natural tendency, human nature, is to always look and see if there's an opportunity. But that's something that I don't spend a ton of time doing because I'm pretty meat and potatoes when it comes to approaching the day.

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Every team goes through segments of the season where things get a bit loose, from time to time.

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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.

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

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I'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.

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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.

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Herb Williams was a guy that took me in and taught me how to eat, taught me how to take care of my body.

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

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

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I've been blessed to coach alongside and play for some of the best coaches in the NBA, and consider it a privilege to once again be a head coach with an excellent organization like the Suns.

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I was just trying to coach and that was the only thing I knew. Coach the team. I think for me, ten years later and a lot of life experiences later, I'm more aware of the partnership that has to take place.

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I just try to be authentic and speak from the heart. Sometimes it requires me to shut up and not say anything.

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We have an institutional problem with pervasive racism.

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It is time to raze the institutional foundations of racism and segregation within politics, law enforcement and society at large.

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