Jason Kidd Quotes (144 Quotes)

It's good (to have a triple-double) but I would rather have the win.

I think it's the hardest to defend, especially when you've got five guys who can shoot. When you're teeing up shots, you might miss some, but you'll live with those types of misses.

It gave us a chance to regroup and understand what got us there, and that was playing defense.

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.

I think the defense did a wonderful job. We let them have comfort shots in the first quarter. When we play defense, we have a great chance of winning.

That was my thought. I lost my concentration on trying to make the shot. I was trying to be creative instead of getting the 2 points. I thought that could be a play that could get us going in the right direction.

We are just out here playing. We will let Detroit and Miami carry all that. Let them be the guys fighting for the Eastern Conference title. We are just playing and trying to get better.

We're playing from behind each time. Ever since the All-Star break, we've played from behind. We've got to find a way to turn that where we're not chasing and (instead) being chased.

We don't plan on being on national television until we get to the playoffs. That's just how the schedule falls. We just happened to fall on a Sunday when there was nobody playing today.

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

I think he gives guys the freedom to express themselves or go out there and try something. If it fails, he's not going to point you out and say it was your idea, not his. He'll take the blame. And I think that shows he's with us, win or lose.

That just shows the confidence. He may have thought the game was getting away from him, but then he stepped up. I think that's what we've been talking about all training camp.

He's had the upper hand. I've got to find a way to take away his comfort.

That's Cliff. He has been doing it for us all season, coming off the bench. He puts us in a position to make shots. And on the defensive end, he competes.

At the end of the game, we were going through the motions and we just were trying to get the game over with. But the big thing is we played defense and that gave us the opportunity to win.

They've got a very good team, a great coach. I think it's just a matter of time before they start clicking. O'Neal is always there he's a force. They have two of the best players in the league in Wade and O'Neal.

In the second half, we were a totally different team. We found some energy on defense and that helped us win the game.

When you get older, you begin to appreciate (triple-doubles) more. When you can get a triple-double, that opportunity doesn't come every night. I probably stayed in longer than I should've, but I wanted to stay on the floor and try for it.

It was more of a feeling. Vince might have been a little tired. I don't want him to feel that he has to carry the team every night. That's what teammates do. He was getting so much attention, other guys had to step up.

He gets out of bed with 20 points. I tease him all the time about how he shows up at the arena and already has 20 points. He's that good.

This is only his second year, and his personality isn't one to demand the ball, but we were joking he needed to be a little more vocal, to ask for the ball because he was going good. We ran a stretch when we went through him five or six times in a row. That's just the confidence we have in him and the growth in his game.

We got good looks, but we missed some shots we normally make and it led to them scoring. We didn't defend early on and that opened the floodgates.

That would be good if (Frank) can get 100. That is an accomplishment. But the players, we just want to put a mark in the left column.

The big thing was playing defense. That's the blueprint of this team, if we're going to have any success is getting stops. We did that at the right time.

I think (our execution) has been under scrutiny of late and it starts as a team. We all support one another and I thought tonight was a great example of those guys coming off the bench and giving us a big lift.

I don't know if we're in a funk, but we're playing from behind each time.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

We thought coming out it was going to be a winnable trip. It's not frustrating. It's just disappointing we haven't played our best basketball on this road trip.

The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.

It just shows his maturity, his growth in his second year. He's shown he can play inside and out and that makes us a dangerous team.

He took control. He did what he wanted. He ran the pick-and-roll, he got to wherever he wanted, he found the open guy, he got to the free-throw line.

He's one of the best players in this league. We just tried to make it tough on him and try to wear him down so he gets tired.

It's night and day. It's two different players.

I don't shy away. We were up one. I had the same shot in Portland and it doesn't go in, and (last night) it does. That's how funny this game is. You got to stay with it and don't lose faith.

He is showing the league that he can accept the double team, he is starting to get a lot of attention. Him standing up for himself, him being recognized for his growth as a center, he wants to be recognized that he also can play at a high level.

The break came at a good time for us physically and mentally. Now we are ready to make a run.

You've got guys on this team that could average 25 or 30 points a night. R. J. has been patient. He has waited his turn.

That just shows you right there that's something's wrong.

I don't know what's going to happen. The business always gets in the way of basketball. If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect itself.

Early on we were struggling at home, but now that we're defending home court like we have in the past, that helps us. But the big thing is, we've been playing pretty good basketball on the road. Except for that Texas trip we had.

I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.

I gotta give our guys credit. They could have folded the tent. But we fought back.

We feel that everybody knows he is going to touch the ball. But now it is up to him to make the right play and finishing and taking the shot or drawing two or three guys to him and have a teammate make the shot.

He's been doing it for us all season. (Robinson) puts himself in position to make shots. He's been doing it for 17 years.

We haven't had a good time in Atlanta. We played one of our worst games in the (winning) streak. But our defense got stops when we had to.

Good teams win the ugly games. We didn't play extremely well on the offensive end. Our defense did a wonderful job. We are going in the right direction.

Jermaine O'Neal is the responsibility of everyone. We can't leave Jason on an island by himself. We have to help him as much as we can. Hopefully, we can slow him down, but we can't stop him because he's a talented guy.

We got off to a rough start up there and we had to get off to a good start. We got a lead kept our lead.

You've got to keep it. You worked this hard. You don't want to just give it away. We have to come out with the mind-set of what we did in Games 2 and 4.

If he is taking acting classes, I hope he's not paying a lot of money for them. He's trying his best to play an All-Star, one of the best players in the league. I don't know if we're flopping, but if we are, the officials are calling it our way.