You got to be lucky. Like, for example, one time in the seventh game of a playoff, somebody took a shot — I think it was Nelson or Ramsey or Sam — and it hit the backboard, hit the rim, rolled around, went in, and made me a hell of a coach. You know what I mean?


Esquire (December 2000)

Red Auerbach Quotes

You got to be lucky. Like, for example, one time in the seventh game of a playoff, somebody took a shot — I think it was Nelson or Ramsey or Sam...

You got to be lucky. Like, for example, one time in the seventh game of a playoff, somebody took a shot — I think it was Nelson or Ramsey or Sam...

You got to be lucky. Like, for example, one time in the seventh game of a playoff, somebody took a shot — I think it was Nelson or Ramsey or Sam...

You got to be lucky. Like, for example, one time in the seventh game of a playoff, somebody took a shot — I think it was Nelson or Ramsey or Sam...