Rajon Rondo Game Quotations

Coach told us before the game that he was going to be a different person. He told us he was going back to his old way of coaching.

I always get up for every game, but this game is especially big. It's a do-or-die thing. This could be (decide) whoever wins the regular-season championship.

I'm a point guard, so I want to see everybody else score and be happy. I don't necessarily need to score at all. I could be happy with zero points as long as it was a team game and everybody contributed.

We've got Tennessee at home; it's a big game and we know they beat Florida, so we've got to come ready to play.

A big key to the game was handling their pressure, especially because we weren't shooting the ball well. We were able to break their press with patience and we didn't get into the up-tempo game that they wanted. We pushed the ball, but only when we wanted to.