Quotes from Monty Williams
I try to be respectful.
- Monty Williams
I know what it's like to have a No. 1 pick and having everybody picking at him all of the time.
- Monty Williams
Everything you want is on the other side of hard.
- Monty Williams
We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.
- 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
The essence of my coaching is to serve.
- Monty Williams
Even though I've been diagnosed with a heart condition, I've had no symptoms and have been cleared to play by the National Institute of Health. The health issue was never a factor in contract negotiations.
- Monty Williams
I pray for those we have lost but more personally for those who have lost - the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many before you. I know how it feels to get that call that someone you love isn't coming home.
- Monty Williams
When I was in Portland, they started pushing me to do more media when they thought I was going to be a head coach.
- 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'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.
- Monty Williams
The reality is we live in a world that's filled with stuff, but quitting is not an option.
- Monty Williams