Josh Childress Quotations

Watch the tape throughout, and you'll see him doing things like that.

We've been in tons of games that we weren't able to finish. Tonight we were able to play down the stretch.

We've been in a lot of close games this season and had success in overtime so we just needed to stay positive.

I was mad because I didn't think it was a foul on the (3-pointer by Peterson). I felt responsible for putting us into the situation that got it to overtime, so I tried to come out in overtime, be aggressive and make plays.

Just getting to the line and making free throws is a confidence builder in itself. It keeps the defense honest.

Listen, if they wanted to do this thing gradually I could understand that. Say you want us to wear slacks and a shirt this year and then next year add jackets and whatever. But to do it all at once is just more than I think is necessary. To just jump up and say wear suits or you get fined is nuts.

That zone and press slowed our tempo down. It left us kind of standing around with the ball.

That was a good goal. We really should have had this game.

We were able to finish it off. It was a little closer than it should have been.

We've had games early in the season when we were leading down the stretch. This is a game we finished. We got the shots we wanted.

We just didn't finish down the stretch. We didn't come up with the key stops.

This was definitely a winnable game for us. (The fourth quarter) is when we are supposed to tighten down and we didn't.

Things just didn't go our way. I don't know how else to put it without getting in trouble. It was a home game for Philadelphia, that's all I can say.

That's my biggest goal now, two in a row. Last year I said if we won two in a row I was cutting my hair. I'm not saying that now.

This draft in particular, no one had any idea which way it would go.

The most disappointing thing is that we can't stop the bleeding. They kept scoring. We couldn't stop them.

It's just a confident Josh. He's playing with confidence and, after the All-Star break, both of us made up our minds to step up and play.

The best thing about it is he's getting the shots he wants. That's a credit to him.

I really think they're taking this thing too far. I understand where they're coming from. We all need to be neat and professional. But to ask us to wear suits everywhere, even at a hotel at 2 a.m. I think that's a bit much.

You could tell they weren't playing with any energy tonight. It almost looked like they didn't want to play today.

You can't afford to make any mistakes against that team. We played solid, but we made a few mistakes. They feed off getting in the first punch, and we didn't stay aggressive.

The game got a little physical. We were just battling in the trenches. That's the best way I can put it. I hope the league takes a good look at the tape and is fair.