Mike Browning Quotations | Page 2

This game had absolutely nothing to do with our shooting. This was about not being able to guard.

This is a game I'm glad to be done with. There is a lot of familiarity with my guys and these Victorville guys who have grown up playing together and against each other.

They showed us what playoff basketball is all about. It will be good for us to have gone through this if we learn from it.

They showed us what playoff basketball is about. It was good for us to go through. We've experienced some ups and downs in the past and we've bounced back before. So I'm going to spin this into a positive and say that this butt-kicking was a good lesson for us on both ends of the floor.

They tell me I have a good shot at starting but that is just talk. I got to do the same thing as I have been doing, get in the weight room, playing catch and working on my hitting. They are a young team and they are looking for guys to step up. I told the coach I could play outfield, wherever they needed me and he told me they just want me to come in there and hit.

A lot of that was my fault. I got too caught up in the referees. I'll take the blame on that. I didn't put him down there. It's my fault.

They don't see any setbacks at all. They still say eight to 10 weeks from the operation. It looks like he'll be all right.

There'll be plenty of time for the blame game.

It's an unfortunate incident for Luke. He's been injured all of last year (and again this year). With him missing as much basketball as he's missed, I felt Stephen (Graham) was a guy I needed to activate.

Damon will be a great addition to our core group. His character, his ability to shoot the basketball from the perimeter and his playmaking skills will be a solid addition to our team.

Damon is a great shooter with range. He can break a game open like he did tonight.

Not taking anything away from Washington, that's a very good basketball team down there, (but) it looked like our guys thought they were coming out after the first three minutes.

The Bears could play in this game every year. We have the most hall-of-famers.

It's difficult to plan for, given the fact you won't have advanced warning.

It varies by allotment but that's about a 40 to 65 percent reduction.

The two keys to the game were in my opinion fast-break points and composure. In the first half the Suns got out on us and scored 20 points, but in the second half we limited them to only four points.

They just kick our behinds. They showed us what playoff basketball is about, and it was good for us.

They let you stick around a little, think you can run with them, then they kick it up another notch.

It was just a great game. It's probably the best game we've played this year.

Any time you face a team with five NBA All-Stars on the road, you can't afford to go down double digits and expect to come back.

I'm not looking at it as a three-game series. I'm looking at it as we have to win the game (tonight). We have to focus on the things we need to do in order to win that game.

I'm excited with what we're doing. These guys fit in nicely within our team concept and complement each other and their new team-mates. They're dedicated to winning and will work hard to improve the team.

I kissed him on the forehead one time. But that's kind of embarrassing for an NBA player.

I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.

I like my chili nice and spicy. If it doesn't clear your sinuses ...

I have no control over what people call us, label us or say about us. The only thing I have control over is myself and the guys I have in that locker room.

I had no idea that he had a triple-double. He never ceases to amaze me. The things that he does offensively just blow you away.

I'm happy for our organization and happy for the guys in the locker room, and for (owner) Dan Gilbert.

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I'll take the blame for a lot of it. I've got to make sure I put him in position to get shots.

I haven't gotten comfortable sitting him down yet.

In the second half, I thought our guys came out and they played basketball the right way. We were able to get stops and we were able to get out on a run. And that lasted for most of the third quarter.

I just loved it. It helped me continue to play the game, just being out there on that field.

His ankle is fine. Whether we were up big, down big, he wasn't playing down the stretch.

I don't know if I've seen this before, four guys with nine rebounds. We have guys that are capable of making plays, especially when we get into a drive-and-kick game.

I didn't sense our guys tightening up on offense. I think Detroit just tightened up defensively.

I didn't sense our guys tightening up (offensively). If anything, Detroit tightened up defensively.

He struggled from the free-throw line, but I have to look in the mirror myself. I played the guy 48 minutes. It's tough on anybody to play 48 minutes and do what he does for our basketball team.

I definitely believe he deserves to be in the All-Star game. He's worked his tail off on both ends of the floor.

I do truly believe that the complaints come from only an extremely small subsegment of the community and should not be taken terribly seriously.

I don't want to share anybody's revenues. I just want these other teams to pay their expenses, and they don't. They foist their cap expenses onto the lower-revenue teams, and this is a concept that isn't well understood. But it's the way our system works.

I don't watch that (expletive), ... But he caught two touchdown passes, he can do whatever he wants.

I don't want to jump to any conclusions. I'd like to coach him for a while.

How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There?

I came away with a respect for those people who were so nice to us in spite of losing everything, ... The experience definitely made me appreciate what I have. I just can't imagine losing everything like they did.

Carrie could have had 25 or more tonight if she'd hit her foul shots.

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The flooding is everywhere and I'm not talking about just New Orleans. I'm talking about all through Mississippi and Alabama. So this storm is really having a catastrophic effect throughout the South right now.

The electric and gas industries could easily collapse if they don't put a plan in place for staffing, retention, recruitment, and training.

The guy, obviously, has stayed focused, no matter what was going on. For him to come off the bench and let that thing go right at the buzzer shows me that he's intent on helping our team win, he's focused on his job and he's hungry to get us where we need to go.

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