Danny Ainge Quotes

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

My management skills are more suited to developing teams to be better than what they were before, and not just about avoiding relegation.

I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team.

Honestly, I feel like I spent the last 10 years just trying to work, just get my hands on the best material I could. I'd like to say that it was quite calculated and genius, my ability to take one step forward and two steps back.

Don't avoid doing something wondering what its consequences may be. Give it a thought, break it down, and consider what really may happen rather than not do it at all.

Every season I think it's right every great team tries to improve the quality of the team.

Your job, as a head coach and general manager, is to listen and not bypass any opportunity to help your team improve.

I guess we speak pretty loosely, don't we, about looking forward to the Ashes and all that-and we are, but it's not with both eyes. We've got one eye on that and one eye on what we need to get in place to make sure we're the best team we can be for November.

I could have signed 10 films after 'Jai Ho,' but those films would have done nothing for me. I wanted to wait for the right project.

I'm always looking for those knockouts but I'm looking to do it in a better fashion. Not rushing, not blitzing, not putting myself at risk. Not just being too greedy.

Business comes and goes and we make a strategic decision that could lead you to whole new place.

To improve teams like Newcastle, if you do the right things, it is enough to be stronger and bigger and compete.

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and then, if you can, go acquire those assets that can best help this team get over the hump.

The marketplace is absolutely mercurial. But what I love about our company is that we create a vision, and then we go all in.

If you've got an opportunity to improve your squad before a World Cup you must take it.

When you talk about goals, you look at your team last year and you want to move the meter a little bit. You don't want to go back and be the same team that you were last year, so we have tried to get better in some ways.

I can't grab anything that comes my way just because it's from a big banner.

I come from the school of thought that if you want to succeed and stay successful, you've got to put in the hard work at the beginning.

Some people thought that I was crazy for declining a lot of offers while I was filming 'SKTKS,' but I have waited patiently because I knew I had a winning hand.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.

I try to avoid all mistakes. I try to prepare my players and to put them in the best condition to play the game. If you discover a problem during the game, it is too late. You must anticipate and prepare.

I don't think we're out there aggressively looking for deals. Our strategy is that business follows the creative. We're not out there scouring the marketplace for opportunities.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic.

I'd have considered myself fortunate to be coached by Guardiola because he really puts his stamp on teams. He builds them, moulds them, guides them, berates them, nurtures them. He makes them great. He takes them to a higher level; a place beyond mere football.