Paul Woolpert Quotes (18 Quotes)

Both times he got up and kept playing.

We're soft. If we don't toughen up, we're in a lot of trouble.

Ronny has lifted attendance. This is uncharted waters having a young man in here who just had open-heart surgery, so I told him we had to keep our lines of communication open. ... I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some concern.

In both games, we've had a number of good looks ... but we haven't hit them and it's just snowballed.

The doctor thinks he's still a week away.

That's playoff basketball. You've got to get it done on the defensive end and make plays down the stretch.

If that's something I have to worry about, we're in trouble. But honestly, I don't think that's a concern.

We only got into the bonus once, at the end of the third quarter. They called 26 fouls on us and 16 on them. We attacked the basket all night and were not rewarded.

Most betting people wouldn't have thought we'd win this series. From Day 1, we've preached 'team' and that's very hard to do in professional sports because a lot of them have agendas -- to get out of here and to the NBA.

I put a lot of weight into being a good teammate as opposed to talent. From the minute he got here, he didn't big-time anybody. He got online. Checked out our team, knew our roster, knew our record and did a little research. I think guys respected that.

They (other coaches) know that he's the ultimate point guard. He gets everyone involved throughout the game. Then, when he has an opportunity to take over, he has that capability.

From a selfish standpoint, for me, he's a great basketball player. But for the franchise, and for everything Ronny has done in this state, it's the biggest one we've ever had. And he hasn't even stepped on the floor yet.

He earned my respect. He played with more passion that the rest of the team combined.

If there's any coach in America, in the world, who could figure out how to control momentum, all of our records would be better than they are. (Momentum) is a phenomenon. Guys talk about being in a 'zone,' but I haven't seen a team shoot the ball that well for a game. It was impressive.

I hope, at some point, we're all going to understand the importance of defense and how good a team we can be if we play defense.

We have four or five ways to defend their pick and roll although none of them seemed to work the other night. We'll try to mix it up and try to make is so they don't even get into their pick and roll.

We need some help. At least we'll know Tuesday what we have to do. If we have an opportunity (to reach the finals), we have to capitalize.

We're taking more individual accountability and taking more pride in stopping their man. We're getting very important stops and finishing it by grabbing rebounds.