Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are

Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

They won't choose Joakim Noah as the MVP, but I think it's great that he's in the conversation and he should be. But it's just not the way it works, from my experience. It's got to go in the basket for you guys to pay attention to somebody. But he's pretty damn valuable in my opinion.

I'm not one to blow smoke at my players. They kicked our butts on the offensive boards. And it's not just because the ball came their way.

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk