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."

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

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.

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

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

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

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.