I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

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

A reporter started off: "I know a lot of this is kind of speculation." Popovich interupting: "You're going to ask me anyway." Reporter: "And you're going to shoot it down." Popovich replied: "Next question."

We changed our rules. If a player does not have some sot of altercation on or off the court once each month, we fine him...The guys that are our top four scorers, each of them will be required once every two months to appear on MTV. The guys who shoot the worst free throws over a one-month period, next time we have a TV game they're required to look into the camera and beat their chests after they make a good play.

The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.

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.

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