Nick Collison Quotes (11 Quotes)

He's played great. He's fun to watch and our team has played a lot better with him in the lineup. For me, I'm just trying to get back and play as well as I can when I'm in there and see how it shakes out. There is that part where you think about the future, but in the NBA there are a lot of good players. All you can control is your play while you're out there.

If you give a kid pizza, he might want a different kind of pizza. It might get worse.

We've had a lot going on all year, extracurricular things. I think it weighed everybody down. (On the) first day, it does (feel better). Some guys said it felt better in Florida. They said the feel was better. Hopefully, the attitude will change everything.

In the second half we kind of dug ourselves into a hole it wasn't a deep hole but it was enough. Our play early was so bad that we weren't able to win the game.

This isn't football. You don't have to be the best team all season. In the tournament, it's one night.

It was good tonight. We'll try to be good tomorrow in practice and get ready for the game Friday.

Things weren't going so well before, so this gives you a little bit of fresh air. It's kind of like a new season, even though we've already said that once this year. But it is again and we only have 25 games left, so we're trying to push out and get a good feeling about our team.

I feel like I can play either way. I like it when we're winning. Whatever the team needs. As long as I get an opportunity to play, I'm not too concerned with it.

I think we had a little bit of fool's gold in the first half. In the second half, they got stops and it started to make it harder on us. We couldn't get anything going and inside they just beat us up.

Obviously, it's only been one day, but it seemed like it was a little bit lighter mood. We are still down to business. Guys are playing hard. (Weiss) does a good job of communicating. Nate did a good job of disciplining. I can't say one is better than the other. A coach like Coach Weiss can be successful if (the players) are mature and don't let things slide. If they are self-motivated, then we will be successful.

They just wore us down. Our play in the first half was a little bit of fool's gold. Ray Allen was unconscious, and we shot 60 percent. The second half, they played much better and we struggled.