Richard Jefferson Quotes (90 Quotes)


    Vince has hit some of the craziest shots in the history of this league. But the importance of that shot is what I am most proud of for him.

    Everybody was to blame. You have a chance to win on the road, and the last 10 possessions, you don't get many stops. That's what it comes down to. Forget everything that happened the first 40 minutes of the game. The last 10, 15 possessions, that really determines how this game adds up.

    I think he started at center in two NBA Finals. In those Finals he was going against Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan, at the peaks of their games.

    In the past few seasons, have we had some good playoff matches Yeah, we have. Are we looking for an opportunity to have another one against them I think that would be a lot of fun..

    Our second quarter we've really struggled the last few games. I don't know what's going on with that or why we've struggled. We have to figure it out. We had some success in that first quarter (in Minnesota), but again, we went away from it.



    I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.

    If in the next couple of weeks he has to take time off, and you can still get him back before the playoffs, then that's what you want to do. If he can get through this month and things are going well, and he can keep putting Band-Aids on it, then we'll be all right.

    We've spoiled people early. We could win the rest of our games, but we're going to be judged by how we play in the playoffs. This is good. This is great. But we understand that's how we're going to be judged.

    You can't do that (stuff) on the road. You can't get yourself down on the road and think you're going to get the benefit of the doubt on calls. You can't think that.

    They paved the way and started the tradition. It's our job to be good players and good people for the ones who will follow us.

    If he hasn't let it go yet then you guys should be talking to him. It was an unfortunate incident that he got hurt. We moved on. Maybe except for Kenyon, who is no longer with our team. The biggest person he had a problem with isn't on our team anymore. It is no big deal.

    We would drive and kick it to guys with wide-open looks but couldn't get anything to fall. For the most part we played good defense, but you have to be near perfect on the defensive end to have a chance the way we were shooting.

    We understand that this next game is going to be the hardest one of the series.

    Vince is our primary scorer and that's his role. When he goes down, it's not a surprise that we score with a lot of crazy shots or play out of our heads. We're just going out there and playing aggressively and good things are happening.

    It's always your move next. What are you going to do to make an adjustment to our counter What are you going to do now that we have played this type of lineup It's all about trying to find an advantage, especially with two evenly matched teams.

    That was probably the biggest win in the history of the franchise.

    Vince hit some shots. He is going to shoot whether he is hot or not, but we have so much confidence in him. He received criticism from the media, he received criticism from different people, but it wasn't from anyone in this locker room. It wasn't from anyone in the coaching staff, because we believed in him and believed that he had the right intent. That was one of his games that you just forget about it and know that he is going to come out and play well the next one.

    I tried to get my career high. J-Kidd, he was more going for NBA history. I'm going for personal history. NBA history is another thing.

    It was just one of those nights. It was a combination of us playing good defense and getting good looks and good shots. We were fortunate to get them on a night where they didn't hit their shots.

    The inconsistency was kind of frustrating. I think that's where we struggle sometimes in games.

    We're getting there. Late in the game, when we needed shots and we needed stops, they were there.

    I believe we're going to be OK. Fortunately, it's not the best-of-1. This isn't the NCAA Tournament. You have a few more games to play before it's over with. So we just have to do better.


    I got it going in the second half. I just tried to keep playing through my teammates. They found me on some good looks. Honestly, our whole team had it going in the second half.

    J-Kidd, it was just unbelievable what he did. He's been all-league defense I don't know how many years.

    The Nets, since I've been here, are going to be judged by how you play in the playoffs. You win a lot of games in the regular season, we're still going to be judged by how you play in the playoffs. This is good, this is great, but we understand ultimately what's the big picture.

    We won the division (this way). You lose a game and have a bad shooting night and people question what you were doing. This is a guy who's an All-Star and has done so many things throughout the season there's no need to question it now.

    Cliff is the ultimate professional. He's not just here to play games, just to say, 'Hey I'm here in my 17th year.' He's out there to compete, to play at a high level, and the last few weeks, he has.

    You know, we lost (Game 1), we give them all the credit. It's unfortunate that when we win, it's because of other things. You have to play against different people certain ways. Jason Collins and Cliff Robinson are doing a good job. It's unfortunate he believes that.

    It was important for us to defend, make them play half court and limit them to one shot. It was an all around great effort by every player.

    I think we are going to be a team that makes a real good push. We have been a team that people consistently talk about for the last five years (come) playoff time. Sometimes people forget what we can do. I think the last 15 games, a lot of people are going to be talking about other (teams) while we are still playing well and having a chance to make some noise in the playoffs.

    The ball was moving, to tell you the truth. It was drive, drive, pass, pass and then somebody had an open shot and we just knocked them down.

    You try and win as many games as you possibly can. If in that time you catch them, then you catch them.

    We're not very mentally tough. We're not very physically tough. It's consistent. At some point in time you've got to get mad.

    Certain teams set your goals at a certain level. For this team, if someone would have told you at the beginning of the year that we were going to make the playoffs, it probably wouldn't have been much of a story.

    I think they have come down a little bit to Earth after their fast start. It is extremely tough to live up to that hype. Everybody was talking about 70 (victories) after 35 games. I knew they were mortal. I didn't think they were unbeatable.

    He received criticism from the media, he received criticism from different people, but it wasn't from anyone in this locker room. It wasn't from anyone in the coaching staff, because we believed in him and believed that he had the right intent.

    He's been playing well for them all year. He's a guys who's been experienced for them, he's played in the NBA Finals, so a first-round playoff game, there's not so much pressure on him to perform.

    He's one of the most intelligent basketball players I've been around. This was a great idea. It worked right in the nick of time. If he would have said it a minute-and-a-half later we would have lost the game.

    That's a tough way to start a trip, but hey it's one of those nights. Vince goes down with foul trouble, then got a little bit hurt and couldn't get into a rhythm.

    Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first.

    It's not so much the type of shot he hit, but the importance of the shot.

    Everybody's surprised. There's guys, not naming anybody, that won't sniff the playoffs, that are 15 games under .500, that are playing in the game. But it is an All-Star Game. It's an individual performance game. Very rarely do team players get rewarded. He's probably the best team player in the game.

    I was a defensive specialist ... I had to guard whoever Gilbert was supposed to be guarding, too. I'm telling you, Gilbert did not play defense.

    Realistically, I haven't played well since I came back. Nobody plays perfect in this league but I haven't played a good game since I got back. Tonight it was turnovers and missed free throws. I need to figure this out if I'm going to help our team.

    You got to want it more than them. When the ball got loose, I thought I might have gotten fouled but I am not going to look around, I am not going to complain. I am going to grab that ball and keep going until they call it. We had more of that tonight.

    J-Kidd is grabbing me, pulling me and I am telling him to calm down.

    It was my first time being injured. Made it back for the playoffs, and started off this season struggling, now we are playing well. Ups and downs. Hopefully we will have more ups than downs.

    That was pretty amazing. To go up over Jermaine O'Neal, but also to recognize that he had five fouls, so you can't really go up and over him, you have to go around and put it in your left hand ... I've never seen anything like that.


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