Pat Coyle Quotes (27 Quotes)

I thought she played terrific. She was the poised veteran that you expect.

She's athletic. She's got decent size. She can score. That's where this league is going. This league is going bigger and to people that are athletic and can score. She fits that mold.

She understood in the first half how they were guarding her, and what was open in the second half. She made terrific decisions, unbelievable passes to our bigs. Her decision-making was terrific.

I didn't think we played very well. We lost our composure, and this time of year that can't happen. We have our work cut out for us the next couple of days.

Whether it's junk, zone, man ... if it helps us win, I'll play it as much as we can. If we can just play them zone and not give them second shots. We gave them too many in the first half, but in the second half we did a better job.

We absolutely addressed some of our needs today. Our goal was to get more athletic and bigger to help with the rule changes (the addition of the 24-second shot clock).

I thought we made crucial mistakes at times when we really couldn't afford it,

We talked today Nobody in this league is undefeated and it's going to be a dogfight every night. So we can't squander opportunities.

Our goal tonight was to play the players on the bench and not get anybody hurt.

When this team executes, they are fun to watch. You have to dictate tempo against them. When they take the ball out of the net it makes it a lot easier to get back into our transition defense.

We made crucial mistakes at times when we couldn't afford it. We are going to regroup.

I look at it as a new opportunity to teach. You have 13 players who really want to learn and grasp what you are saying. We're going to mold them into what we want.

Coming out of halftime being down just one, instead of us attacking them, they attacked us. Regardless of if they go big, we need to execute. What we run against the zone is fine, we just need to attack it. We didn't attack today.

We're going to play a lot faster. You're not going to see the ball walked down the court any more.

We have an eight-man rotation and those people are going to play the minutes. If we had five games left, two left, one left. It doesn't matter.

It was a tragedy. It cut deeply in my heart.

I think it's pretty cool. It fits great. It's the same measurements we have in the Garden. There's probably more room on the baselines and the sideline (at the front of the stage). We probably have more room here than we have in the Garden.

You can't replace someone like Ann Wauters. She's an All-Star, one of the best centers in this league. You're not going to replace her with one player. You're going to do it by committee, and that's what we're gong to do.

She turned it really good. And I'm not sure of the status yet.

We had that core group together for a long time and it served us well. But I think as the league changes and new players come in and with free agency, you know the league's changed and what we need to do is change with the league.

You sign a contract and you make a decision to go over there and play, you know what you're getting yourself into. I don't wanna hear people complain about it.

I thought we were right in the game. We did a pretty good job to get back into the game, and then we made some mistakes. We can't have it in playoff time. We made crucial mistakes at times when we couldn't afford it.

I think she's like a typical rookie They want to do everything right and they want to do it 900 miles per hour. I think as she gets more comfortable with playing on the perimeter, you'll be able to see what she's capable of doing.

We had a private conversation about a month ago. She told me that I could use her in key moments down the stretch, and she's proven that.

We lost our composure and this time of the year, that can't happen.

I'm excited to be in the playoffs. If we play how we are capable of playing, we'll do well.

There's not a clear-cut favorite this year. Everyone can win it.