Rick Barnes Tough Quotations

He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.

He had it going. They were having a tough time with him.

Our guys showed a tremendous will to win. We had some tough times, but we kept believing, and our guys never doubted they were a good basketball team.

We had a tough night shooting the ball.

Thomas Gardner has probably improved as much as any player in the league. He's a guy that can make some really tough shots.

The whole team put in a great effort and our inside game was just great. Back in the beginning of the season ... I knew it was going to be a tough finish for us.

Back in the beginning of the season when I was looking at the schedule I knew it was going to be a tough finish for us.

It's obvious he's been in pain. I've been worried all year just watching. I knew he was having a tough time.

That may have been one of Brad's best games because he helped out in areas other than scoring on a tough shooting night.

I don't know if anyone can really understand the stress of coaches until you go through it. I love this business, as we all do, but it's a tough profession. There's a lot of stress.