Doc Rivers Quotes

I was never focused on winning individual awards. I just tried to help the team out and do all that I could do.

Two minutes, 30 minutes, whatever, as long as I'm contributing to the team for the 'W.' If I score a point and we win, hey, it's the sorriest point I've ever scored but we got the win.

I can't worry about what I'm doing to be the National Player of the Year; it's what am I doing to help my team be successful?

Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

I just want to go out there and do what I can do, contribute in the ways that I can. Whether I get exposure or not, it's about winning.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

I want to do whatever will make my team win.

I just focus on what the team needs me to do to win.

Obviously, you're being evaluated every single week, and you want to perform every single week. It's just going out there and doing everything possible to help the team win.

I'm all about winning. It doesn't matter if I start, or if I don't start, if I play or if I don't play. As long as we're winning, that's all I care about.

My team at Pittsburgh is the greatest example of unselfishness and giving of oneself. They bought into that, and it's brought those kids championships, and it's brought all those kids so much glory.

Coming off the bench or starting doesn't matter to me one bit. I just want to win.

If that's my job to lead and if that's my job to go out there and play defense, take charges, dive into the stands, then that's what I'm going to do if that's what it takes to win basketball games.

If I'm chosen for the Asian Cup, then I must help the team win. That's the bottom line.

Going forward, what I can accomplish, I always have seen myself playing in the playoffs, playing deep, and winning. I want to be part of that and feel that.

I wasn't trying to make First Team All-NBA. I just wanted to win.

I never really sought out the captaincy at any stage in my career. Now that it has been handed to me, I would obviously like to do it justice and keep performing well. The day I stop performing will be the day I happily relinquish the role.

To be successful in football, you have to do things that put the team first. Everyone has to play their role, and if they don't do it, you're not going to win.

The team's success always came first for me.

I'm a person, and everybody wants to be an all-star. Nobody wants to just be a role-player. I've thought about it. But the number one goal is to keep winning, so I'm more focused on that than being an all-star, honestly.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

I just want the team to win, no matter what the cost is.

You like to be part of a championship, but you always want to be an integral part.

I'll never try to win an award. I'm out there just playing for my team.

I do whatever the team needs to do on offense or defense, whatever it is to win. And I'm a competitor.