There's no fouls in a war. You either die or you don't. - Joe Mazzulla

I went to Fenway the other day, and I was literally looking at exit strategies to rob Fenway. If we ever decided to rob Fenway, I was like, 'We could probably really get away with this.' How could you not go to Fenway and think you couldn't rob it?

Zero. No pressure. We're all going to be dead soon, and it really doesn't matter anymore, so there's zero pressure. You're either gonna win or you're not. And when you win, you try to forget about it a week later and when you lose, you try to forget about it a week later. So it's not pressure, it's an opportunity. We have an opportunity here over the next few years, however long that we're together. [...] [...] So it's not pressure. There's nothing anyone in this circle can do to me that's gonna impact my identity and who I am as a person or a coach. We're either gonna win or we're not, and 40 years from now, none of you are invited to my funeral and that's it.

That's what happens when you lose games in the regular season. After we lost to Atlanta, I went on the mats and punished myself and pounded my body until I couldn't take anymore, and ended up tearing up my knee. It was a great experience for me, I had to do six hours of treatment to coach the next game without too much of a limp. I couldn't walk. It put me in this fight or flight mentality because I couldn't relax. I had to constantly train, get physical therapy, and it was just awesome. I was thinking about maybe getting hurt every All-Star break. It brought a different level of focus that I had to have. I had to walk slower, I couldn't move certain ways. So it forced me to focus more and I'm grateful that it happened. I miss the mats though.