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.
More Quotes by Billy Donovan
From an offensive standpoint, because a lot of times your personnel can change - whether it's through graduation in high school and college, or whether it's through different changes in the NBA - I think you've got to locate and figure out what each guy's strengths and talents are.
We're all chasing something in life and that's regardless of what we do for a living. I think what you have to look at is what is the chase molding in you?
One of the things with me is I'm going to work extremely hard.
No one is going to play perfect all the time.
The expectation is you want to compete at the highest level. You want to be able to make deep runs in the playoffs.
A guy like Al Horford, I really mean this, if we run a lot of different things, if we do a lot of different things, he could tell me everybody's responsibility from the point guard all the way to the power forward spot. With a young player, that's very, very rare.