The best statements from Joe Mazzulla since becoming the coach of the Boston Celtics

Joe Mazzulla has been the head coach of the Boston Celtics for just over a year. In his first season in charge, the 36-year-old became one of the youngest in history to win the NBA championship. Additionally, he achieved this feat with no prior experience. But besides his tactics and coaching, he has also left us with memorable statements.

Joe Mazzulla's Best Quotes:

On Charles Lee trying to hug him before a game:
"I told Charles when he left, 'I'm not gonna talk to you during the season. I'm not gonna acknowledge you during the national anthem. I won’t do it. You're an enemy.'"

"Then, he violated NBA rules and went into the assistant coaches' locker room, forcing me to hug him. That could easily be a psychological gesture that disrupts you competitively. I knew what he was doing."

On the idea of a loan system in the NBA, similar to European soccer:
"It's a good system. You get a player on loan, which avoids situations where you have to include someone in a trade even though you still believe in them. You could loan them out."

On expanding the NBA Cup:
"I'm sure every sport wants their version of another, but I think it's very interesting in soccer, and even in basketball outside the U.S., where you play in three leagues simultaneously. For example, on Tuesday, there's a cup game, and on Saturday, a local league match. That shift in mindset and balance is very enjoyable."

On wanting fighting to be allowed again in the NBA:
"What we’ve mostly taken away from the audience in terms of entertainment is that you can't fight anymore. I'd like to bring back the fights."

"I don't understand why some sports can empty the benches. They have bats and weapons; we don't. We just have a ball. In other sports, they have extremely hard surfaces and objects like discs and sticks, and we can't 'throw a little punch.'"

On the pressure facing the Celtics:
"Zero. No pressure at all. We'll all be dead soon, and it won't matter, so there's no pressure."

"Nothing anyone in this circle does can affect my identity or who I am as a person or coach. We'll win or not, and in 40 years, none of you will be invited to my funeral. And that's that."

On seeing Prince William and Kate Middleton at a Celtics game:
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph? I only know one royal family. I don't know much about that other one."

On having a 'target on their back' after winning the 2024 championship:
"People will say the target's on our back, but I hope it's right on our forehead, between the eyes. I want to see the red dot."

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