Larry Brown Chance Quotations

If they play like this, we'll give ourselves a chance to win some games. I think that's all anybody in New York's asking, that's all Isiah wants and that's all I want. Just try to have some pride in the way we play.

I think we have to figure out ways to stop people first. I always figure if you can guard people you don't have to score as much. I was hopeful we would value the ball a little better. My thing is, who is going to grind it out, defend and have a chance to guard people, and then we'll move on.

It gives other guys a chance to play, but you lose a guy who's playing as well as he is, it's tough.

We have been getting blown out in a lot of games because we have been getting so far behind. The last three we have had a chance to win which is a good sign. They needed that because they are trying.

We didn't get a win, but we had a chance to win.

To have two guys back there, having those kind of talents is unique. And the little kid, he has a chance to be pretty special.

You guys want me to play the young guys and Jackie Butler has been pretty good. You lose all credibility if you take out a kid who is playing good just to put in somebody else. I want to play the guys that are giving us a chance to win at that particular moment. My hope is that Eddy Curry can play 40 minutes every game.

We just had trouble stopping them from scoring. I don't even think we had a chance to put them away.

We have to figure out the best chance we have of winning the game. That's been the most difficult thing since I've got here. It can't be about the individual. It has to be about the team.

It was great watching the kids come back. We had a chance to send it into overtime. Diop made a great play. I was thrilled with the way they competed. They got valuable experience in a close game.

I love to see us run up and down the court, but I think somewhere along the line, we're going to have to figure it out. It's like playing Jack Nicklaus in golf in his prime. I'd rather play him one hole than 18. We've got to somehow say this gives us our best chance to win.

I don't react to what he says. I've said the same message for 30-something years. You share the ball, you play hard and you try to guard and you have a chance to be successful.

The direction is not going the way we would all like and we've got to do something about that. This is a pretty good time from now until All-Star break to kind of assess where we're going, but I do really feel good about a lot of the pieces here and I think a lot of them have a chance to get a lot better.