I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

When you don't have much and you need to be at work, there's no such thing as being sick.

I love being in the gym.

You can have great players, but if they dont want to be coached, what are you going to do?

We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.