Zach Randolph Quotations

We're just playing much better basketball, plain and simple. Guys are sticking together, understanding each other and working as a team.

When I drove to the hole I couldn't really get off the ground. It's hurting really bad. I ain't got no lift, nothing.

This (win) is motivation. It shows we can beat teams like this if we play a complete game.

I couldn't open my (electronic) gate. I had to open it manually, and I broke the gate.

I looked up and seen there were a couple seconds, so I got a couple good dribbles in and put it up. It felt good.

I felt it. I got a high arch on it and it went in.

He looked real good. I just wish the best for him. He is a friend of mine and he just hopes to continue to progress as much as he has.

He's a big spark to this team. He's a big impact and one of our top players. With him coming back, it's going to make this team a lot better.

We couldn't get any defensive stops and they basically did whatever they wanted to do. We came out and had a really bad third quarter. We just couldn't finish it out. They ran off with it.

We played a tough game up until the fourth quarter. They picked it up and we didn't.

We have had some good wins. We are coming together. Guys are learning. I think we have our units, our rotations are down, and guys are out there supporting each other and playing hard.

We buckled down in the fourth. We made big shots and got some key defensive stops.

The power went out at my house and I couldn't open my (electric) gate. I had to open it manually, and I broke (the gate) trying to do it. Coach understood.

We had to bounce back. We wanted to get a win and we did. We buckled down in the fourth quarter.

We had to bounce back and play good. We came out and played hard and wanted to get one and that's what we did.

We gave ourselves a chance to win, but we just didn't execute. We just couldn't finish.

We just fell apart tonight. They got out on us and we broke down defensively. They are in a playoff race and they know it.

You got to put good players around. That starts from the top. We've got to get good players around. . . . It's for (team president) Steve Patterson and (general manager) John Nash to figure that out.

At practice, I've been shooting with the guards and working on it.

I wanted to come out and be aggressive. I had had two bad games in a row and I didn't want to make it three. I know the game was important for him (McMillan).

It wasn't very fun, honestly. Man, only 21 wins, you know?

It's been the same effort. We ain't winning. It's the same thing.

It's very hard to stay motivated (when you have 20 wins). When you are getting beat by 20 every night, it gets real frustrating.

It's very hard to stay motivated. When you are getting beat by 20 every night, it gets real frustrating. Hopefully, at the end of the season we can get better players in here and not go through this again.

They hit all their shots, they penetrated, moved the ball around. That's a veteran team. That's a championship team.

I just wanted to be the one taking the shots. They were tough shots. I got some lift on them and hit them. It was just a good win for us. The rookie (Jack) was big tonight. He has a big part of this win.

I have wetlands near me where we have lots of cypress and pine, and they are just getting choked out. A canopy of air potatoes is sucking the life out of those trees.

I'd say we played for him. We played for ourselves to, but a lot of guys knew he wanted it bad. He never said anything like 'go out there and play for me,' but you could tell.