You gotta learn that if you're gonna take the last shot of the game, it's either gonna go in, or it's not gonna go in, and you're either gonna be the hero or the goat. Tom Heinsohn gamegoatgonna Change image and share on social
Ninety percent of the coaches in the NBA are guards, and there aren't very many big men people coaching, I happen to be one of them and when I coached, everybody on my team, including the guards, had a hook shot, so that it was their bail out shot. Tom Heinsohn bailbigcoach share on social
I try to put all I am as a person into what I do. My intelligence, my emotion. I've done that in everything. Tom Heinsohn emotionhaveintelligence Change image and share on social
It was difficult being a neutral broadcaster - in the people's eyes - because of my association with the Celtics. Tom Heinsohn associationbroadcasterceltic Change image and share on social
What I know is that if you're going to play half-court, you'd better have the greatest executioners of half-court basketball. If you run, you test the stamina and willpower of the other team. That's what I learned as a player. Tom Heinsohn basketballcourtexecutioner share on social
I think my broadcast partner Mike Gorman said it best. He said there's a generation of fans who know me as a player and there's a generation of fans who know me as a coach and now there's a generation of fans who think I'm Shrek! Tom Heinsohn broadcastcoachfan share on social
