Rick Brunson Quotations

We're all human beings and we all got feelings. I just felt good about Seattle. They brought me and my wife out there and took us to dinner. No one had ever done that for me before.

I've been cut by so many teams, I don't even know who has cut me.

I've always wanted to be a coach; I never wanted to play basketball professionally. I happened to get lucky and made a career out of it, but my decision was to be a college coach when I was in college. But I got sidetracked with this.

As a player you like to have a defined role and I am going in there knowing I'll be a backup and I don't have to worry about competing for a starting job or a job, period.

I tried to come back and see how I felt with some type of pain. When I tore it that was it. I've never had to sit out a long period of time. It's frustrating because I wanted to bring something to this team.

I attribute this to working hard and staying with it for all those eight years.

Am I ready? It's like going into the NBA draft ? who's ready? Who's considered ready? You just get in there and you learn on the run.