Jerry Sloan Quotes on People (5 Quotes)

Andrei was terrific in helping our people. His seven blocked shots were lifesaving coming down the stretch. Their momentum picked up there at the end and we looked a little tired, but he kept us out of trouble.

None of this has any bearing on who will start the season. I told them that today. I've got to move a lot of people around. I've got to see how different guys play off the bench, see how they play with other people.

I said before the season that I think we should be a playoff team. I don't think a lot of people felt that way outside of our organization. We aren't deep enough to have people out with injuries as long as we did, but I don't like to use that as an excuse. I still think we should be a little better than what we've been.

They (Jazz players) are not familiar with how to deal with the pressure, and so that's how they've always done it overpower people, and get shots off. But you have to make them. Because when we take standing shots that are not really in a rhythm or anything, we have a difficult time (defending) the other end of the floor.

People think it's pretty easy, but it's pretty difficult. A year ago, this team just kept going farther and farther down. They didn't step up and try to make a change. We were 11-21, I think, a year ago and the next game didn't matter probably.