People thought I was putting my career on the line by recommending those four guys. But if I'm going to put my career on the line, there's no other four guys I would have chosen. |
People wanted to see him play. They paid him a bunch of money. But he's not a guy who misses because he's got a hamstring that's always hurting. When he's out, it's because he breaks something. |
Starting just helps me get into a rhythm faster. But anything this team needs, I'll sacrifice and do. |
That was one of my goals, to fill up the arena and bring it back to the Ernie and Bernie days. That's why I came to Tennessee. |
They whipped us last year. It's always tough to lose to an in-state rival, but that was especially bad. I think we all remember that game. It pretty much messed up the rest of our season. |
They're going to slow the ball down and not want to run with us. They're going to use 30, 35 seconds on the shot clock. Any time a team is that patient with the basketball, it's hard. |
We got rattled in the Kentucky game. We got rattled in the Arkansas game. We got rattled in the Alabama game. Coach Pearl has been preaching that we can't get rattled. We have to stay aggressive. |
We knew this was a big game and that's why we wanted to dominate underneath. I think we just wanted to separate ourselves. |
We try to get the tempo going with our press. It isn't just to cause turnovers. We want to get the game going up and down... try to get them running. |
We've been wearing teams out. That's a big part of our system. You can't out-work anybody if you're not in shape. |
We've done it more than most teams I've worked with. |
When I came to Denver, he was one of the guys I brought up. (The Browns) were going to the 3-4 (alignment); this guy is 6-foot-7 (and) it's going to be tough for him to make the adjustment to be a defensive end, so when they released him, we were ready to sign him, so we signed him to the practice squad and he did an outstanding job for us on the practice squad. |
When I first got here, he was coming off the injury and being hurt every year and hearing all the things about himself, so yeah, his confidence was a little bit down. But it's back up there, and he knows he's having a good year. I think if you ask any team we've played, he's the first guy on our defense that they would mention. |
You've got to play 40 minutes with us the whole length of the floor. If you can't do that, it's going to be trouble. |
You've got to win at home if you want to do anything and then get a few on the road. But if it's going to be a special season, you've got to protect your house. |