Brad Stevens Quotes

Whatever the team needs, I'll do.

Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs.

Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

As long as my guys are out there and doing what I'm asking, and they're giving their best, I don't think anybody can ask for much more than that.

I'll do whatever the coach wants me to do.

I work every day 100 percent, but I assure you that I'll quit if my players don't follow me.

I pride myself on being able to get the guys lined up on the team, and being a great teammate and also doing my job.

You work all season to earn the trust of your teammates and the coaching staff.

Whenever I have the opportunity to come on, I try to do my best for the coach, and I try to help the team.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

I want to be one of the guys, but I also want to be 'the' guy, the guy that can go out there and they can rely on in crunch time. I'm going to be the guy that they know will show up every day, every game, every play and show up on a consistently great level.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

One has to be available, very much available, and ready to protect the interests of his colleagues.

I have often wondered why I was never captain of the Lakers.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.