Dick Davey Quotes (14 Quotes)

We made a 5-hour flight to get here (on Thursday), and now we have to make a 5-hour flight to get back (tomorrow). That's not the best way to get ready for a league game.

(Wallace is) a good friend, I have a lot of respect for him, and obviously don't necessarily enjoy playing against him, last time we did they got us pretty good. But I have a lot of respect from his program and what he's done here.

They're hard to guard. They've got great balance. They're very intelligent.

He got it going and got a good rhythm and we didn't guard him as well as we needed to. That's a credit to him. He did a good job when the chips were on the line.

I'm tremendously optimistic about John's future and his ability to play the game. He's very bright, understands basketball, has great hands, is a good passer and has a nice shooting touch. He's well aware of the fact that conditioning will be a major factor in his development.

They came out with a lot more heart and passion than we did to start the second half. They shot the ball better and played harder than we did.

Randy was a very good high school athlete. He walked on with us and probably didn't like me too much because I kind of encouraged him to try baseball.

The big difference in the game from our perspective was we didn't make enough shots. Maybe the emotions of the game just took us out of a good rhythm.

I thought we matured a little tonight.

I only went in there one time, and that was enough. It was a real pigpen. But they seemed to enjoy it.

We're all kind of happy. To perform at a pretty high level gives us some incentive that we're capable of maybe doing some better things. ... We were pretty darn good defensively.

Brody is concerned primarily with getting the ball to other people. Calvin's a good guy to give it to because he can shoot the ball.

Randy loved basketball, but he knew he wasn't going to start ahead of Steve. And when Randy became an All-Star in the majors (2002), Steve was an All-Star with the Mavericks the same year. I'm proud of both of them.

He's kind of our go-to guy. He's carried us through a number of games. He's just a hard-nosed, competitive player.