Carlos Arroyo Quotations

My situation couldn't get any worse in Detroit. I was playing what, six minutes? I was just there. I was a little annoyed, you know? But I got through it. Our job is to maintain ourselves ready to play, take advantage whenever called. Hopefully I will get that opportunity here.

He's very quick and fast on the break. Very crafty and he gets his teammates involved. Every time you get a player like that, he's hard to stop.

They've already proved so many things, but they always feel like they have to prove something. That's part of what makes them the No. 1 team.

I wish it never happened. Not so much for myself - I can handle it on my own - but it involves my family. They're trying to adapt to a new city. Now that I have a daughter, it's way different. That's the sad thing about the whole thing. You leave friends and people you're really close to behind.

I saw an opening and I took it. It was important for us to get a win like this. Every time we win one like this it makes us stronger for the future.

I never ran into somebody that big. I'll be all right.

I think just looking back at this game, we all have to sit down and think about the energy level that we brought out the second half of the game. We're the underdog every game now and we just have to bring that energy out with us every game from the beginning.

Me and him were talking a lot about us coming here and him having an opportunity here. And basically what he was telling me was he wants to get the love for basketball back. That means a lot to players who don't get a chance to play.

I didn't think it was going to be kind of weird, but it (was). I was having fun. I love those guys and I miss them.

We needed to come together at the end and we did. We helped each other on defense. We were up 20 once, but the most important thing was we came away with the victory.