I felt proud of them and happy for them as friends. But then I was, not jealous in a bad way, but I just was wishing I had been there ... It did take me a while to accept that reality, but that's over with now. |
I had the experience, the championship rings or whatever, and they listened to me, but that only got me so far. Now that I'm playing and actually practicing what I preach, it carries a little more weight. |
I may not agree with everything he does or says, but he's the coach; if he says it, I'll do it. Even if I think it's wrong or I don't think it will help, I have to do it because he gets paid to make the decisions. |
I ran right by him. I didn't touch him. |
I really don't place a lot of importance on starting. I want to be out there the last six minutes of the fourth quarter. |
I was trying to protect his fall. |
I'll be scratching my head minutes down the road as to what happened. But it's over, and thank God I made it through. |
I've been playing guys like that all my life. I'm not worried about that. |
I've been yelled at plenty of times so I know how to handle it. I mainly keep quiet. You can't argue back. With him, when he says something, you can't say, 'Well I was doing this.' You just have to take it. |
I've seen him do some athletic things and play well inside the 3-point line. But I've never seen him shoot like that. |
It always reverts back to sharing the ball, making the easy pass as opposed to the spectacular pass, ... His whole mantra is keep the game simple. If a guy's more open than you are, he gets the ball. |
It is what it is. The cards have been dealt, we have to play them. We have to concentrate on getting better on defense. We have to use the last 12 games to learn the steps of getting better. Maybe that will help, I don't know. |
It looked like a different team on the defensive end. We made several mistakes, but we were trying to cover for one another, everybody was moving. It was a frenetic pace on defense and that's where we need to be. |
It means nobody's guaranteed to be here next season. |
It softens things up and makes you able to enjoy the break a little bit. |