“We have a bunch of fighters on this team. Everybody’s still playing hard, playing with each other. Nobody’s looking at it like, ‘There’s 10 games left. It’s my contract year. I’m going to go out and shoot every time I touch it.’ Everybody’s still trying to play the right way.”
The coach after a sportswriter tweeted about how his Huskies are killing the women’s game:
“Don’t watch. Nobody’s putting a gun to your head to watch. So don’t watch, and don’t write about it. Spend your time on things you think are important. If you don’t think this is important, don’t pay any attention to it. The fact you have to comment on it? Says something about you, doesn’t it?”
“Anytime you lose yourself in something bigger than you, it’s really cool.”
Walk-on at Villanova:
“There’s a phrase we have around here: Everyone’s status is the same but everybody’s role is different. We do mostly off-the-court work. But our coaches, players, and staff value that just as much. That’s really special to be a part of.”
From teammate Andre Ingram:
“Unlike most point guards today, he’s a willing passer man. He actually looks at guys to get involved, and he’s not a selfish assist guy. Some guys want all the assists, but nah, Josh doesn’t play like that. He just plays the right way. That’s why coach puts the ball in Josh’s hands. We want the ball in Josh’s hands.”
“We have a team full of coaches. There is a constant information flow that comes from everyone, and everybody is chugging in the same direction. Nobody is pulling off to the left or right, with personal stuff and egos and things like that. Every moment, every play means something. That’s what I wanted. Every game, every possession means the world to us. There’s an ideology that exists here. You just trust it.”
After a recent loss to the Hawks:
“Maybe some guys are starting to just kind of mail it in. I’m not sure. But I’m not going to stand for that. I’ll just find a group of guys that will compete and play hard and play the right way, and play them 48 minutes if I have to. Some of our guys did play with energy and effort tonight. Not enough.”
From Gregg Popovich:
“With us, film is short and directed – very specific on certain items. You can’t do a coaching clinic every time you do a film session or you lose them all. But if something is directed, like pick-and-roll defense, transition defense or how the ball was shared or not shared and you get after it and do it, it makes sense to most players.”
Draymond Green sent a message to his team at half-time. Steph Curry explains:
“It was basically for us to get more aggressive. To use our talents and quickness and IQ as a team, defensively, to our advantage, to not be so cut-and-dry, vanilla with our coverages and stuff. Take some chances, have each other’s backs and rotate. That’s when we’re at our best, when we can create chaos on that end of the floor.”
On Blazers head coach Terry Stotts:
“If you have a d***head coach, you just don’t care. It’s like if you have a boss you don’t like, you might not give 110 percent effort every night because you don’t like him. But he’s a personable guy. He’s himself. And I think him just as a person translates and players respond well.’’
PLAY THE RIGHT WAY 