Larry Brown Quotes on People (17 Quotes)

I told him I wanted him to listen. I told him I appreciated the way he cheered for his teammates at the end of (Wednesday's) game. It meant a lot. I was sorry that the crowd, some of the people booed him. And I told him I just wanted him to let us coach him the rest of the year. He's not going anywhere, and let's move on.

I looked out there and it looked like a lot of guys just didn't care. That's tough, but you gotta keep finding the people that do (care) and hope you have enough of them.

I'm aware of our record. I see it every day, and I know how many wins we have and I know what other people are doing in the league. And I do care. But what's more important to me is how we play. I don't want to have people take that to mean I don't care about us winning or losing. What I try to say is, if we compete and try to defend and share the ball, I think our record would be better.

I was sorry that the crowd, some of the people booed him, that's never what any coach would like to see happen. I want to coach him and I want to make him better and I don't want him to have to go through what he's gone through. I really was proud of the way he acted.

He has a hard time looking at me sometimes because of how he might be perceived by certain people, but he listens to everything I say.

We started out good. We all talked about respecting them with Allen out. We had a seven-point lead and then we just completely wilted. We had a lot of guys that didn't bring it to tonight and they had a lot of people that brought it.

I listen to some of the comments on WIP - they're playing parts of the press conference - and I can see where people would read into things. But if anyone was at the press conference, I think would sense how much I enjoyed Philly and how I loved working for those people.

We gave up 35 points on turnovers and I don't think we got near a loose ball. I think most of that was effort. We can point to a lot of people in terms of lack of effort.

We lead the league in turnovers. Did you see them press on us It's every game. We have few assists and a lot of turnovers. As much as we have trouble as we have guarding people, to give up 30 points on turnovers, it's even more difficult.

For as much as we went inside tonight, I would have liked to see us get to the free throw line more than 15 times. That would have been nice, but hey, they made the plays. We gave up a lead in the second quarter when we had control. We turned the ball over too much. They have a lot of people ... who have made contributions and that's why they've won nine in a row.

I got the flu and some people thought it was worse than that, so Dr. Lisa Callahan, team director of player care was being cautious and told me to stay away.

I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later.

It's a quality win for us on the road. We moved the ball great and got a lot of open shots because we gave the ball up. Controlling the tempo on the road is the way we've got to play ... You look at the stat sheet, and the nicest thing for me is I feel like a lot of people are playing together and trying to make everybody better.

What's the criteria Make your team better. Then look at the record, the people around them and then make a decision.

We don't see it as a crisis, we see it as really moving in a positive direction for the people we serve.

It's a tough loss. People start making a run at us and we feel like it's the end of the world. We just lack discipline when things get tough.

I've been blessed with the players I've had the privilege to coach as well as with coaches that have taught me. I know every time something good happens to me, those people are happier than I am.