Adonal Foyle Quotes (14 Quotes)

I wanted to give Mike an opportunity to create but I realized the clock was running down so I heaved the ball up.

I'll take Baron half, full, three-quarters, he's just as effective. He can make things happen. His presence alone creates opportunities for other people.

It was extremely difficult, ... Coach felt like he needed to make a change, and he did, and I was the person that got changed. For whatever reason, right or wrong, as a player you're still trying to figure out what you did wrong.

People have problems throughout society. Basketball isn't any different. We're much more visible targets when it happens.

My game is not a pretty game. It's a game in the trenches and big people can't hide too much. I know what I do when I'm on the floor. I have no illusions about my job and what I bring to this team. I work hard and I try to get rebounds and protect my teammates, plain and simple. I can do that from any position. ... You can make it destroy you or you can let it light a fire under you.

If I'm on the weak side and one of my players is on the strong side and he's coming to the basket, I might just pull on the guys shorts --and that's not going to show up in statistics --but the player on my team knows that guy couldn't come over because I pulled him. How do you measure that

Warriors center Adonal Foyle is particularly impressed by Davis' instincts Most of the time if you do what he says, you'll be in the right spot -- ... It's like, 'Hey, it's Christmas'

People don't see what an incredible will he has. There's a lot of leaders that are good who are not able to kind of get the message across, bend people to his will. I think that Baron has an amazing and infectious gift that he can come into a locker room and really make people believe and really make people better. I think people have seen him have fun with the game, but they haven't seen the kind of forceful personality he has.

Everybody in the Bay Area wanted this team to be in the playoffs, and all of the players wanted it as well. But we did not meet the expectations everybody had for wins and losses for this team. A lot of people may see it as a disappointing year.

When you make a few mistakes, it hurts, it's glaring. But I can't control it. I can only continue to play hard. That's what I do best. Other people may not have confidence, but as for me, I know what I can do. I'll be the first one to tell you when I mess up, when things don't go right.

I think guys are beginning to understand that and are making the effort to become a better defensive team.

I think that part of the ethos, the culture of a team is to kind of foster that, where a charge is a good thing, a shot block is a good thing, just being in the right spot, being back and helping other teammates,

We needed a win. Each of us wanted to be at our best tonight in order to get a win.

More importantly than putting together a string of victories is being able to play consistently on both ends of the floor. Tonight was the first step toward blending good defense and good offense.