Mazzullagram
The wit and wisdom of Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, presented without context.
- “You have to understand that they’re more than just basketball players.” (2/3/2026)
- “The best thing about this roster is each guy's ability to impact winning in different ways … Every guy on this roster has helped us win a game, possessions, end of quarters, starter quarters. And to me, that's just the most important thing.” (2/1/2026)
- "I look at disruption as a positive." (1/29/2026)
- “There's a bunch of clips that we'll show and that's one of them, so the fact that you noticed that is important for our team. But he makes plays like that every single night.” (2/1/2026)
- “You just stick to the process every day.” (2/1/2026)
- “It’s important that he gets the rest he needs…I always like when some of those guys sit because they get to see the game from a different perspective.” (1/30/2026)
- “Everybody thinks we’re going to suck. I love it.” (July 2025, per Derrick White)
- “Just one of those nights, they played better than us. They got the best of us ... we didn't play well, they did, and you move on.” (1/28/2026)
- "A lot at restaurants, you know. Like, when the waiter brings the check and then leaves. Just take the card. You got to be ready. You have to be ready. You got to at least have the option to be ready. You have to be ready to take the card. That's why I like Europe." (1/21/2026)
- "Well, last night at TD Garden, I was getting on the elevator. Someone said, 'Happy New Year!' That's ridiculous." (1/21/2026)
- "I'd say one is the statute of limitations on 'happy holidays' texts. I mean, for me, Christmas is like a six-week thing. So you have Advent and then you got a couple weeks. So Christmas, I'm like, do, but I think New Year ends at 9 pm on January 1st. It's over." (1/21/2026)
- "I actually have a text thread with a friend where, like, every time one of them happens, we text each other. Like, add it to the list....There's no one that stands out, though. There's a ton. I wish I had my phone so I can actually read some of them off." (1/21/2026)
- “I do have a lot of pet peeves. There’s so many of them, I can’t think of all of them.” (1/21/2026)
- "I saw a guy going in to try to get a shot, and he hadn't made one, and I didn't want him to feel good about himself going to the bench." (3/14/2025)
- "We can't do anything other than do our job every single day." (1/11/2026)
- "Apparently the trainer said that another guy had one and it turned on him in the middle of the night." (12/18/2025)
- “I failed medical school.” (1/20/2026)
- “It’s nothing that he’s doing wrong.” (1/1/2026)
- "That's more important than the shots." (1/11/2026)
- “We still had a chance to win the game.” (1/7/2026)
- "At any point in time, everybody on our bench can impact winning, and so it’s just a great opportunity to take advantage of the depth that we have, and I thought those guys did a great job just kind of changing the pace of the game." (12/22/2025)
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- “He’s got an ankle sprain. We’ll take it day by day and see how he gets better.” (1/9/2026)
- “Everyone looks at the talent that we lost, but we lost cerebral (players), we lost mindset, we lost continuity. And, so, how quickly can you replicate that as fast as possible?” (12/26/2025)
- "You just asked that like it was a therapy question. We just gave up two rebounds. It's why I called timeout." (1/11/2026)
- “Illegal screen.” (1/12/2026)
- “I miss going to Mass with him. We'd go to church on the road.” (1/10/2026)
- “Whether you win or lose, there are 15 to 20 (possessions) that you can get better at on both ends of the floor.” (1/7/2026)
- “The first thing we have to make sure of is that we know we have to continue to defend at a high level.” (1/7/2026)
- “Did you guys see the answer Kirk Cousins gave about how the quarterback position has changed, and how reads have changed? I mean, it's very similar. That's kind of where basketball is as well.” (1/7/2026)
- “How they looked? No…they didn’t look very good out there, but they played hard.” (1/5/2026)
- “Just don't answer questions when they ask you stuff about that.” (1/5/2026)
- “DUNK THE BALL.” (1/2/2026)
- “It was an honor to be able to watch a performance like that as a coach.” (1/3/2026)
- “Really just kinda wanted to hear Billy Kennedy. He does a really great challenge, and we were gonna do it anyway just to kinda hear him deliver the challenge.” (1/1/2026)
- “You've got to maximize the personnel in the roster that you have.” (9/25/2025)
- “I think Luka has gotten better.” (12/31/2025)
- “Everybody plays their role. If you step outside of it, you get killed.” (9/5/2024)
- “So I think a lot of different things that go into it, but a lot can be learned from the education system, the classroom setting, things like that.” (12/27/2025)
- “It’s even harder to play balanced basketball.” (12/28/2025)
- "I was like, '(The wolf) didn't have a good enough relationship with him.'" (12/19/2025)
- “I got a Sidekick 2 once. That was cool at the time.” (12/21/2024)
- “I hadn't seen him in a while. So, just a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday…can't let a moment go by where you don't wish the best to them and theirs.” (12/19/2024)
- Mazzullagram now has 200 followers. Joe does not care.
- "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph? I’m only familiar with one royal family. I don’t know too much about them. But hopefully, they’re Celtics fans." (12/1/2022)
- “It was 1st-and-10, and one of their guys made a great tackle on Derrick on the sideline for a loss—that was really good by them. Our offensive line has to do a better job of winning in the trenches and not letting them get to that second layer. We’ve just got to keep working at it.” (12/2/2025)
- “We didn’t meet the physicality that the segment of the game required.” (12/7/2025)
- "We obviously have a dog, but I'm trying to convince (my wife) to get a wolf that just kind of roams the area of our house, as kind of an extra layer of protection." (12/19/2025)
- "He does a great job studying those things, but it’s just a communication and teaching. I really enjoy coaching him." (12/11/2025)
- “If you do play well, or you don’t play well, or you play a lot, or you don’t play a lot, you kind of just take it for what it is and move on to the next game.” (12/14/2025)
- "We all have a job to do during the season. His job is to rehab as best he can and to work his ass off. And he's doing that every day." (12/11/2025)
