Don Nelson Quotes (16 Quotes)

Still, Saturday's announcement was something of a surprise only because Nelson had said he was going to stay through next year. I'm in my last years as a coach, ... I'm going to retire. I have this one and one more year on my contract. I expect to coach til the end. I want Avery to get some experience this year and get some more next year. I'm going to be a consultant for five years in Dallas.

Where ever the Mavericks are today, we owe it to Michael Finley. He was the one guy who stayed when we were a terrible team. He stayed and fought the fight.

He committed to a long-term deal so we were able to build around him and develop what we have today.

He just needs a lot of information and he'll get that over the next year or two. You'll really find out exactly what you have probably in two years.

He will miss training camp and the first month of next season. This is very important to them.

This is the best team in basketball, ... They have a better team than the L. A. Lakers.

Turnovers down the stretch hurt us. Then Bobby Jackson went crazy on us.

There are so many great things about Seattle, but we love our sports here and that's pretty clear. And we've finally got a football team.

I think people expected too much from him. He gave what he could give, and there was a limit to that.

The fans aren't here, ... There's a good chance your parents aren't here because they are taking care of what they need to do. That's all the more reason to go and play like you need to.

I've still got a year left on my contract, and I intend to be back next year to coach.

It was great hanging with Pop and seeing how he does it. I noticed a few new wrinkles, some interesting things he does.

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that.

I always came early an talked philosophies and game situations with Red. I don't even know if he was aware of what he was doing for me.

Scotty, I couldn't take a dime from you. He said he was the luckiest man in the world. I'm in a position to help people. You don't know how gratifying it is to see somebody's dreams come true. I know a lot of people and I can help Tyler and I don't want a dime. He said someday I want him to give back the way I am.