I don't know if you call it leadership or what have you. But he's just got some toughness about him. He's had to work hard and those are the things you can't make someone do. You have to want to do that. |
I don't know what's going on. (But) it's very obvious something's going on. |
I had said it would be a big disappointment if the team didn't make the playoffs. I'm not sure that we have enough guys that are hungry enough to want to be in the playoffs. The toughness to be able to get there sometimes doesn't show up. I take responsibility for that. That's my job to make them tougher or whatever it takes for them to be able to play. |
I just feel it is important for a guy if he is struggling, especially younger guys, to know what it's like, on their own. Not run to them every minute. Let them fight through it. He did that. That's why I admire what he did. I think it'll be good for him 10 years down the line. |
I just thought he was in the wrong spot. |
I just thought it was an opportune time to do that because maybe he had something in his head, or something was going on that I wasn't aware of. |
I kind of got that feeling after a while. If I'm being discussed, I kind of want to be there. |
I never like for anybody to miss a game. I think that if you're going to play, you play the best. I've never been one of those people who hopes a guy doesn't play, because I'd rather compete against him. And if you're not good enough, then you don't belong here, anyway. |
I never took him out the second half. Usually I take him out, but he was so alive tonight that I didn't take him out at all. |
I realize we can do a lot better and the expectations are there, but the important thing is that you do things right so you have a chance to win. |
I said before the season that I think we should be a playoff team. I don't think a lot of people felt that way outside of our organization. We aren't [deep] enough to have people out [with injuries] as long as we did, but I don't like to use that as an excuse. I still think we should be a little better than what we've been. |
I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him a little bit of a lift. I think it was important to him as a person. |
I think it'll happen again because of the three-point line. Tracy McGrady is a guy who could do something like that, because he can shoot from a distance and also get on top of the basket. |
I think it's been pretty good for most of our guys here because they got a chance to play some. They're not playing garbage minutes. We're trying to win ballgames with them. |
I think they've always been fairly responsive. Everybody has their own way of playing and everybody has their strengths. In order to get 12 guys happy in that situation, it's kind of difficult at times to do. But I think for the most part they've done a pretty good job. |