Rick Carlisle
Rick Carlisle
Richard Preston "Rick" Carlisleis the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He has also served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons and was previously a player in the NBA. He is also one of only 11 people to win an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 October 1959
CityOgdensburg, NY
call dear hanging however teams tough wins worry
That's what you call hanging on for dear life. (Boston) has been tough for us to play all year. It's important for us to get wins now however we can get them. We can't worry about what other teams are doing. What's really important is concentrating on ourselves.
bounce leave performance simple terrible
It was a terrible performance. It's as simple as that. We'll have to bounce back in a big way. It's a disappointing performance. I'll leave it at that.
great looking
Things weren't looking great after the first quarter.
character dress feeling good great guys indicator last league might people players quality team terms various year
There's a feeling that our players are misinterpreted and a little misunderstood because of various factors. Dress would be one of them. As a league, we know we have good people. We have great guys on our team. . . . I feel like what our team did last year (after the brawl) is a much better indicator of the character and quality of people in our league than anything else people might want to surmise in terms of perception.
played
He played great. He does a lot of things out there. He's a very resourceful player.
great news playoff
This isn't any news flash. He's been a great player. Now he's a great playoff player.
bad felt groin last pop shoulder
(O'Neal) felt something pop in his groin and tweaked something in his shoulder on one play, his bad shoulder from last year.
great indicator reality
This game's not a great indicator of reality.
gotten looked
It looked like it was pretty clean, but we could have gotten a better look, which I had hoped.
faces team worst
It's the worst thing you can say about your team that you got outworked, ... They outworked us and they rubbed our faces in it, and they should have.
faces team worst
It's the worst thing you can say about your team that you got outworked. They outworked us and they rubbed our faces in it, and they should have.
bill checked clean health missed past practice situations totally trade trouble
He had a clean bill of health when the trade was made and all his past situations were checked out. The one thing he had trouble with was his back, but he hasn't missed any practice time, and that's a totally isolated, different situation.
faces
They outworked us and rubbed our faces in it too and they should have,
game games played quick start three worst
At the start of the game he struggled. Of all the games that he's played in it was the worst start to a game that he's had. He got three quick fouls.