Gregg Popovich Quotes on Basketball (9 Quotes)

He's been determined to be a threat when he catches the basketball, either to shoot or to drive. Just in general, he's competing and playing, rather than thinking and wondering.

Well, we won a basketball game. They helped us out because they were undermanned. They played more aggressively than we did. They executed better. They were sharper. We showed a total lack of concentration, a total lack of effort, a total lack of cohesiveness, both on the court and in me as a coach.

Timmy is important to us, and we feel it is important for him to know he is important, rather than just giving him a contract and paying him to play basketball. We want him to know we really do care about him. This has been a little tougher than going to France or Argentina, because there's not really a place to play in the Virgin Islands. But the University of the Virgin Islands was so gracious and accommodating, it worked out well. The biggest problem was probably getting everyone there.

We're very pleased that they've taken on a defensive personality and realize that making stops and rebounding are going to be real important to our success, ... They're really sharing the ball, turning from an All-Star team into a basketball team, and that's been Brown's emphasis -- turning them into a team that realizes on the right and on the left is another guy who's as good or better.

We need to play consistent basketball. It is hard to play that many games on the road. We have been successful on this trip in the past and hopefully we will be able to do that again this year.

This is the deepest team we've had talent-wise, ... What I am hoping is that it ends up being the deepest team we've had knowledge-wise - professionalism, basketball IQ.

This is the right time to be playing good basketball. Whatever you're doing, don't mess with it and ride it out.

It was a good all-around job on both ends of the court. We shared the basketball really well, fueled by Tony Parker's excellent point guard play. It was a good victory. Now we prepare for the next one.

It looked like he had a bit more rhythm tonight. He didn't just predicate his game on driving the basketball. He stopped and shot his threes, which he can do very well, and that will open him up for other things. I thought he played a good all-around game.