He's been playing All-Star basketball the entire year. His maturity is really showing. He's always aggressive.
Both teams were fantastic. It was a really good win against a very, very good basketball team. We played very, very well. That's the bottom line. We both played well. There were a couple of stretches that were not that great, but it's a 48-minute game and that happens.
They're a fine basketball team. Terry has done a great job of coming in and putting in a new system and then having the team respond to it.
In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.
Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.
You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.
A reporter started off: "I know a lot of this is kind of speculation." Popovich interupting: "You're going to ask me anyway." Reporter: "And you're going to shoot it down." Popovich replied: "Next question."
I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.
Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team
Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.
'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role
We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world.
No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are
It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done
We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually
I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk