Eddie Jones Quotations

We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.

Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.

Whenever you come back from an injury like that, it takes time to get your rhythm back. The only thing I tell Caron is, 'Keep taking open shots. Don't turn down shots.' Sometimes he has a tendency to do that, to put his head down. I hate when he does that. He needs to keep shooting.

What we need is competition for places. We are certainly trying to engender that. When we name the final squad you could find that yes there might be a few established players left out of the squad. We'll find that out over the next two or three weeks.

We're a defensive team. We have to be a defensive teams. The other teams that win games are teams that are in the top, defensively.

We're an unselfish team. When you move the ball, you get the best shot. The ball is getting into the right people's hands at the right time.

We've selected eight players who are uncapped at test level and a further eight with less than ten caps to their name,

We've said to all the guys they are not there to just develop on tour, they are there to get in the test 22,

When things aren't going great for us we sucked it up and continued to push forward. That's what it's all about in this league. If things aren't going great for you on the floor, continue to be confident in yourself and keep forcing the issue. If we want to be a successful team on a night-to-night basis we have to drive to the basket, make plays for each other and make defensive stops.

Scott will be desperate to beat us. He's one of the most talented coaches in world rugby and has done excellent work with Wales.

Shot-clock violation. No doubt about it. It was a shot-clock violation.

Shaquille O'Neal, probably the best player on the planet. When you acquire someone of that magnitude, people are going to come. He's larger than life.

Only idiots repeat failure, and that's what's been happening there.

I wouldn't think so unless the ground happens to be very fast and dry, then they might move the ball around a bit more.

If this cycle is going to continue, and it looks like the 2007 World Cup is going to be played under it, we'll have to adapt to it.

Chris got through about 80 percent of the session today, but his hamstring just isn't right, so we won't risk him.

I felt good going to the line. I shot them all the same. I should iced the game. This one's on me.

France, England, Ireland and Wales are all strong opposition, especially at home. It will be a challenging tour.

He gained some good experience in the Super 12 this year and for the Australian Under-21s in Argentina. He is a strong runner and physically equipped to play Test rugby.

He mightn't think it but a lot of people would like to see him involved.

To come out and lose it in overtime was tough. It's hard to swallow. They hit the boards hard, didn't turn the ball over as much as we did, and they just kept fighting. That team just kept fighting and you have to take your hat off to them.

I take no credit at all. This is a talented team with a real desire to follow a specific style of play.

I think Ireland will come out with a very different approach. I think, certainly in terms of attack, they'll play a far different game. We're prepared for anything...

I thought tonight we were the aggressor. We came out and took it right to them and made it tough for them to handle us.

I think we would struggle to get that one through

Jeff's the coach. The only thing that might happen is that I could be there for the final week of the Super 14 when it's time for the debriefings.

I saw that we were sort of struggling to get points. We'd let (Minnesota) get the game manageable. When I came in the game, the opportunity presented itself so I took advantage of it. I was just being aggressive because I had legs.

Over the last 18 months they've shown a great deal of strength mentally in close games.

Our scrum was better against Ireland. We need to keep improving and relish the contest.

Our scrum was better against Ireland, ... We need to keep improving and relish the contest.

Pau has been doing it for us all season and he did it again. He saved us.

I was trying my best to calm everybody down, because we're going to make mistakes. We've just got to be a little bit smarter with the ball.

I tell them the same things I told them before, bring a championship to Miami.

I think he'll do a very good job.

Justin had a definite time line in Australia. We'd get a lot of value out of trying to win Test matches trying to play him now but in the end we'd only have him until now.

Just because people count you out and don't give you any love ... how about making them all fools?

The advice from the medical staff is to give Jeremy the opportunity to rest his injury and unfortunately that means missing out on the tour.

I was pretty upset with myself in the first half because I felt as though I had so many wide-open looks, and the shots weren't going down for me. In the fourth quarter, shots came my way, and I had my mind made up they were going to go in in the second half.

I was on the bench watching and I wanted to be out there competing against him. He's a heck of a player. When you run into great players you want to be out there competing with them.

Most definitely I'm excited. There's a strong base coming through. We're probably in the same situation the Wallabies were back in 1997.

Most definitely I'm excited, ... There's a strong base coming through. We're probably in the same situation the Wallabies were back in 1997.

You always go back to what's been successful when under pressure but I'd be surprised if Clive was interested in the job. Unless, of course, he's got power over everything.

We'll look at all those guys and make a decision, if we have to.

When the time comes you've got to make stops. You've got to contest shots, block shots and make it tough for them. We're doing it as a team. Every night we get better at helping each other.

We're at the stage where some of our more experienced players are injured, some have already been rested, so it's a great opportunity to bring a bit of youth and enthusiasm into the squad.

We understand who we are as a team. We just have to focus on keeping our heads screwed on right.

We were reasonably happy with the way we started the tour against Scotland and haven't seen the need to make any changes at this stage.

We have flown Matt over purely as a precaution at this stage. With a bit of treatment tonight George should be fine and right to take his place in the starting line-up.

There has to be some sort of officiating of the actual laws of the game. Rugby is in a really negative spiral at the moment where the game is rewarding negativity at the tackle contest. There is no reward at all for trying to play rugby. We're a side that actually tries to play rugby and we're not being encouraged to play.

We got happy just taking the threes. After a tough game (a 95-89 loss at Detroit on Friday), you may not have the leg strength. That was key. We were trying to penetrate and kick. The shots didn't go down. Just don't blame it on shooting. You can never blame a loss on shooting. It's what you do defensively.

You have nights like that when you want it so bad.

When Mike (is) on like that, he makes it tough for anyone to deal with because he has unlimited range, pretty much. What are you going to do, come up on him? He'll just drive right past you and hit the pull-up. When he's got it going, he's just tough to deal with.

The good news is that it's not something too serious and with some rest and a break from the game, he should be right to start the Super 14 season.

Tonight was one of those nights where things didn't go my way. I got great looks at the rim, I just couldn't knock them down.

We've got a lot more Polynesians playing rugby in Australia now.

We've got a lot more Polynesians playing rugby in Australia and now these young guys have come through our development system and are making their way into the national team.

We have 22 players who were involved in the Rugby World Cup last year and five new guys who will add talent and enthusiasm to the squad.

We are certainly going to struggle to keep Drew.

We felt we needed to come back home and get this win. It was a much-needed win after last night. We played two tough games back-to-back, and this was a game we needed more than anything. Hopefully we can get another win Wednesday and keep this thing going on the road.

We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.

We certainly looked at George's form as you do with every player's form at the end of the season but he'll go on tour as captain.

You enjoy being put in that position. You want to be in that position. As a kid you always think about making big shots to win a game or send a game into overtime. Even to this day, I still have dreams like that.

You look at him and he's just a born footballer.

We'd have home court advantage in the first round.

We went to the basket and didn't get the calls. They went to the basket and got the calls. Down the stretch, they gave us calls then, but in the middle of the game, we didn't get them. ... My third foul, I was like there must be something wrong with the shot clock. I was baffled.

Every game we played them (Dallas) was close, other than the last game. Actually we were up 19 points in that game, and we let them come back and beat us, we know we can win a game there. I think for us, it's can we finish games?

England, Ireland and Wales will all be strong opposition at home and while it's good from a preparation side of things to have the Tests confirmed, we still have a full Super 12 and home international series ahead of us.

There's no magic solution for us, we just don't have the resources at the moment. The guys we've got here are the best front-rowers in Australia at the moment.

There's nothing he did wrong. No blame is pointed at him whatsoever.

I've been really impressed with the way he has come back from the Under 21 World Cup and taken his form into club rugby.

It was a pass out into the flat. I saw the ball pop out and scooped it up on the first try. I got lucky.

Saracens have got some very good players. They have had a difficult season but there is now a real togetherness in the squad.

Rath trained really well today so he's going to be right to go this weekend. He's had some x-rays that have cleared his chest of any serious infection so he'll be available for selection.

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Of course we'll win. They're so scared of George they'll do anything to win.

As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.

You're not gonna be able to play 12 guys. We don't have a luxury like that, to be able to play guys like Dallas or San Antonio or Miami. We have to play the guys that can go out and make things happen.

This is one of those games you want when you're going out on the road. That's why in the third quarter, I was proud of the guys. ... I brought the guys together and reminded them of how we've let teams get back in games in the third quarter. I just said let's finish this one.

They are similar sorts of players. The three of them are extremely talented.

There may be one or two others that we may rest and they may also be medically linked as well.

It's a sign of the times. You only have to look at the changes to the Australian Schoolboys line-ups over the past four or five years,

It's a great opportunity for Clyde and David to have a really good off-season and be right to play next year. David hasn't had an off-season since he turned professional so we've got to allow him to get back to full health.

I told the guys that something good would come of this. We worked our butts off.

It's the confidence that says if I'm open shoot the basketball. I've been making shots my whole career. I can't turn down an open shot. I'm sorry, I can't do it. If I'm open, and a guy's 30 feet away from me, I've got to let it go.

It's like for like, they've just picked another big No.6 to replace (Collins).

It's not a personal attack on Big Boy. It's just offensive. He's pointing at his private parts. People are calling me saying their kids are asking about it. Parents are upset about it. I'm upset about it.

Everybody is saying, they can't do this, they can't do that. I was happy for those guys to come out and play well.

The blokes have worked really hard over the last five days and have come together well.

It was a bad game all the way around. The good thing about this league is that we have an opportunity to bounce back the next night.

It's tough, don't get me wrong. You want to be there, and you wish you were there. But things change, and as players things change overnight, and you have to be aware of that.

They were outstanding. They are the best team in the world by one minute

At this stage, there is no reason why he would not be selected on the spring tour. Like every player in the squad, his performance during the winter season will be reviewed and evaluated but he is the current Australian captain and the right man to lead the team through this next period of time.

I'm not saying it's the city's fault. But I'm saying it's the city's fault that those two dogs are walking around the city attacking people. And I think that the city should do something about helping her to the best of their ability.

I know there's a lot of gloom and doom around at the moment, the silver lining for us is that we are going to be able to develop some players.

I knew if we could somehow take him away from his game or make it tough for him to score, our chances of winning the game were high.

I need to play and I need to rest. I don't know how I'll do it.

I'll be a resource for him if he wants to use me, he'll have my full cooperation.

If you remember back in 2000, Sam had an outstanding season with Queensland and was really pressuring George for the Wallabies spot.

I hope all of them have got on a piece of paper tucked away somewhere that their goal for the tour is to make the 22. They have all got the ability to do it, they are all good young players with plenty of potential.

I just continued to trail Matt Carroll. He's a very good shooter. I just happened to get my hand on the ball.