Jeff Gundy
Jeff Gundy
concerned confidence deer guy rather throw
I'd rather see a guy who has a lot of confidence than throw out that guy (who is) like a deer in headlights, ... I'm not really concerned with him right now.
fate moving talk tried
I tried to talk to him, ... to tell him this was fate, that it didn't go through; should we think about moving on?
align energy games good ready stars
It's not like we've not had opportunities in the first 53 games either. We're a good team. If we're ready to play, if our energy level's high, if the stars align just right, we're good.
basketball character combined five level opinion rare revealed talent top win
Everybody's got an opinion and usually misguided. They don't know him. What his basketball character has revealed is that his will to win is in the upper top five in the league, combined with a talent level in the top five of the league. That is a very rare, rare combination.
hard liked seen whipped whipping
They whipped us. Once the whipping started, I don't think we competed as hard as I would've liked to have seen us - but that was after the whipping started.
best harder lead league
They lead the league in field-goal defense, so you have to give them credit. They made it harder on our best players.
amount dedication few injury natural people six testament unusual weeks
It's a testament to his dedication that he was able to, after six weeks off, play 32 minutes. Very few people with his injury and his natural conditioning problem, being 7-6, would be able to do that. But he's got an unusual amount of dedication to his team. He should be really commended for that.
deserve people rewarding taking
It's not who you're taking it away from. You're rewarding people who win, because those are the people who deserve to be rewarded.
ball beat mental mentally physically quality starts taken teams
It starts with mental strength. Just to have the ball taken from you like that is disheartening. For us to beat quality teams like that, we're going to have to be mentally and physically tougher.
effort five good pathetic played third three
No message, it was pathetic effort by all five of them. We played three very good quarters. It was unfortunate that it was marred by an irresponsible third quarter.
andre blocked coming ended help miller paying reaction sequence stuff though three
That sequence (with the three consecutive blocked shots), even though they ended up scoring, and Yao coming to help on Andre Miller ? those things are inspiring. And you can tell by the reaction of everybody, the team, the paying customers, that stuff is inspiring.
division happy matter means team time whether win zero
That means zero because it doesn't matter who we win against, whether it is a division team or not. We are happy any time we win.
close defense goes led winning
There's a lot that goes into winning and a lot that goes into losing. Our second-half defense just led to another close loss.
basketball expect guys players
These guys are professional guys and they're all professional basketball players so we should expect to play well and play hard.