I've always been mentally tough, but physically, I had a chance, with the injury to get myself stronger than maybe I've ever been, ... I feel like that. |
I've got nothing to say about it right now. |
I've worked with them, so I know what they've got, and I wish the best for all those guys. And I expect no drop-off whatsoever. |
If guys get down and start thinking about it ? 'Hey, we're 0-6 and have never won down there' ? that can start taking an effect. But every season is a new season. |
If they play up to the way they played tonight, I think they are. |
If we make shots and free throws, it's a different game. |
If you believe, ... and you just keep fighting and don't panic, anything's possible. |
If you ever see me in a fight with a tiger or a bear, you better help that tiger or that bear out. If you watch my basketball team, that's the same mind-set. What we do is predicated on defense – it starts, and it ends, on defense. |
In one sentence, I'm a Mike Alden guy. |
In the Marines, you're all about, 'There's nothing you can't do,' and you never give up, ... And no matter how many times you kick us down, we're going to get back up. That's what it's all about, instilled in me from Day 1. It was instilled in boot camp, and I'm still living it. |
It can if guys get down and start thinking about it, 'Hey, we are 0-6 and never won down here,' that can start taking an effect. |
It could be the demise of this squad. |
It doesn’t mean anything, ... Every year is a new year. (If) guys get down there and think, ‘We’re 0-6,’ that can affect you. |
It don't get no better than this. |
It feels good to be back out here, ... It honestly feels like we never left. We've just had one practice, but I thought we had great effort and great intensity. I'm excited to get this going. |