Bruce Weber Quotes on Energy (8 Quotes)

We can be one of the top 10 or 15 teams in the country. At other times, we don't play with that same energy. We have two seniors. Last year, we had five older guys. They understood what it was about.

I hope our team is motivated. If not, it's going to be a quick stay out here. We'll have a better feel (before the game today). If they have energy, if they're anxious to go, that will determine how we play.

He will do well. Matt is a very good basketball coach, and he knows the inside and outside of basketball. He also is a good people person and has good energy.

Sometimes as a coach you worry about preparing and forget about enthusiasm and excitement. We have depended on Dee for the energy and the chest bumping, and he had a little doubt in his head about his performance. He got it back in the second half and the

I thought we came out and set the tone with a great deal of energy. Dee and James played like seniors should.

Now with the two-game losing streak with us, we're a little bit fragile. Our confidence isn't there. We've got to get some energy going. The players have to do it from within. I have to do it. It's a fine line between dragging it out of them, but still not destroying them. It's definitely a test of a coach.

I told Dee afterwards, we have played him a lot of minutes. It's tough on him. Now Chester ... is getting back to where he's comfortable. We trust him a little more. I want to ease Dee's minutes and the pressure on him. Chester brings energy. Chester brought some good body language to the game.

Since Mike resigned, we've all talked about how they would react. We told our guys we needed to get off to a good start and play with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. We got off to a good start and that kind of nullified any motivational edge.