I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.

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 asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

It's never been my goal to be king of the prom. It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.

Basketball's a game of mistakes.

We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world.