Quotes from Monty Williams
We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.
— Monty Williams
We talk about touching our guys in a personal way, knowing that we all want to play basketball and coach basketball, but our guys are dealing with stuff and we want to make sure we are sensitive to that.
— Monty Williams
I've learned I would rather be effective over right.
— Monty Williams
In life, and in basketball, if you lay the truth out there, people don't have to guess.
— Monty Williams
I try to be respectful.
— Monty Williams
I would like to be the kind of coach who gets text messages and phone calls from players years after I coach them, because we had something that is bigger than just being on the floor.
— Monty Williams
I have to be real with my kids. Life is precious. They know that. Yet, I have to remind them that they're blessed beyond what most people on the face of the Earth could imagine.
— Monty Williams
It doesn't have to be stats all the time. Go dominate the game with force.
— Monty Williams
The reality is we live in a world that's filled with stuff, but quitting is not an option.
— Monty Williams
I thought the playing time I was getting during the season was getting me ready for the playoffs. When it didn't happen and Coach Riley never told me why, I thought, 'Maybe I'm just being used as a pawn in the game.'
— Monty Williams
It's just life. You have to be able to get up, face your flaws, and just, whatever it is, a step, an inch, you just got to keep moving forward.
— Monty Williams
Sometimes in a huddle I don't say anything, the guys will run the huddle. But I try to be an encourager in huddles, especially when I see a guy down or the team is not at the level where they should be mentally.
— Monty Williams