I still do it. Highly recommend it. There's sleep tape. I actually have a mouthpiece, I upgraded to a sleep mouthpiece, and that kinda helps with it.… - Joe Mazzulla

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I still do it. Highly recommend it. There's sleep tape. I actually have a mouthpiece, I upgraded to a sleep mouthpiece, and that kinda helps with it. When I got into the NBA, I kind of learned how long of a season it is physically, mentally and emotionally. And I think coaches and players have to find ways to take care of themselves. It's important to optimize as much as you can. I remember my first year in the league, I wasn't used to having all this great food around. Food in the facility, pregame, postgame, food on the plane. I got really worn down and tired halfway through my first year. I just took a different approach and was like, how can I optimize to make sure I'm at my best as a coach, so sleep is really important and mouth tape plays a part in that for me.

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About Joe Mazzulla

Joseph "Joe" Mazzulla (born June 30, 1988) is an American basketball coach and former player, currently serving as the head coach of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before going into coaching, Mazzulla played as a point guard at West Virginia. He joined the Celtics in 2019, as an assistant coach. He was elevated to head coach on an interim basis prior to the 2022–23 season, before being officially named to the position in February 2023. He has led the team to a championship, winning the 2024 NBA Finals.

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Ever seen Spider-Man? ... Into the Spider-Verse? There's like, 20 different Spider-Men? That's like our team. Success is going to look different each and every night. I think the guys are doing a good job of understanding what that balance is, and as long as the process towards how we're going about attacking the other team is right, and it fits with what's best for the team, then it's just executing.

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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.

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