Fred Hoiberg Quotes (16 Quotes)

I enjoyed looking at the talent. That's something I've always wanted to do, to put a team together. I'm going to learn as much as I can, and try to help this team get where it was a couple of years ago.

Right now, I'm trying to make a decision.

Nothing's for sure. I just want to find out if it's a situation that would make sense.

I change my mind several times a day.

This is going to be a very difficult year for me, to sit out. I've had a uniform on every year since I was 7 years old. For me to have to sit back and watch and not be proactive ... it's going to be hard for me.

I plan on coming back and playing. I'm jogging a little bit. I'm starting to see I will be able to play again.

You can mark my word. I will play again.

There's a big decision to be made, and hopefully it will be made in the near future.

I see myself playing next year, and I see myself in a Timberwolves uniform. I want to end my career here. I want to stay with this organization.

I hope to stay with the organization a long time. We love it here. We're close to Iowa. It seems a perfect fit.

I had great visits with both those teams. But the medical staffs of both teams were a little hesitant on clearing me to play. So we thought we would wait until next year.

All of you are aware of the journey I've taken this past year and I just want to relay to all of the people that sent along their prayers and well wishes, my heartfelt thanks. It was truly overwhelming to me and my family the outpouring that we received from the Twin Cities community and from across the Midwest.

If there's something wrong or a chance something can go wrong, I'll hang 'em up. I'll think about that first hit (if he returns). My game is diving on the floor, setting screens, but if the doctors say it's OK, and they say the heart has healed, I'll play

Hearing her say that it would be very tough for her to watch me while I was out there playing made the decision a little easier.

They all say there is a small amount of risk. They have differing opinions on how much there is. They can't put a number on that risk, because nobody has ever played with my condition. At the end of the day, with the family I have, I think the smartest thing for me to do is retire.

The big mistake this year is we came in expecting to win, and I don't think we had the same fire and intensity that we had a year ago.