Steve Francis Quotes (72 Quotes)

I turned the ball over. I thought I saw something that wasn't there.

You have to get everybody on the same page. We barely had a consistent strategy last year.

It's not going to make or break our season.

Every time I get the ball, I get double-teamed. I respect the defense. I'm giving it up.

That's way beyond my control. But looking at the whole time I've been here it's been up and down, not knowing where the minutes were coming from.

You know I was mad about the trade. But now I'm cool. I'm cool about everything.

I'm about to go cry. It was bad, man. I thought we'd be more prepared and guys would come out and play harder. They outplayed us in every aspect of the game.

I say my patience is exhausted.

Webster was low going into the winter, ... and we know it will give up water for irrigation next summer. Unless the situation there changes fairly quickly, it's going to continue to be very low.

It was bad. I thought we'd be more prepared and guys would come out and play harder.

Hopefully next year, it'll change. Maybe this summer we'll begin to evaluate more as far as what my role is. I don't plan on coming off the bench next year. That's where I'm at.

It's tough because you have a vision of what you can do to help a team but then it kind of snowballs on top of you and you end up losing night in and night out.

I just said the heck with it. I talked with Coach and it's like he said, it's something I can't control and I have to play for myself and my team.

He's having a good season, doing a lot for that team. He helps make them go.

There is one ramp at Webster that definitely will handle this low water and still give boaters a chance to launch.

I plan to be here.

I've been asked the same question for (three) days and it doesn't make a difference to me,

It was tough. We made a lot of mental errors at the end of the game that kind of solidified the victory for them. On the other hand, we didn't get stops when we really needed it. I guess it was a lack of communication. I'm not really sure. It was at a crucial time in the game.

Don't get me wrong, I love Gil's game, but if I shot the ball every time down on offense, I'd be considered explosive as well. He's a great player so you have to get a hand in his face and you have to make him defend on the other end of the court. We made it difficult for him tonight.

Tonight we were just able to finish things off late in the game. They made their run and I thought we responded well. Malik Rose did a great job stepping up and hitting big shots. I thought it was a total team effort that helped us win the game.

I know we're not going to run the table, I just hope we can get some type of consistency going. Guys are tired and banged up right now, but we've got to pay attention and lock in mentally.

He has to rebound, he has to pass and he has to score. Hopefully his body will last throughout the season.

I study basketball a lot, so things like that are significant to me. I'll keep that ball, send it to my house.

Oh man, he's doing good. I think those four years in college really, really helped him mature as a player. There are times I can tell he's a rookie but for the most part I think he's doing a wonderful job.

It's tough when you've started your whole career, coming off the bench. But if that's the role that I have to play to help this team get better, then you have to put your pride aside for the bigger picture.

It's healthy in a democracy to have several candidates in a primary. We're promoting democracy abroad, and we should be practicing it here.

People just want something to boo about. I did nothing wrong to the city at all.

This should have been a game where everybody was hungry to win. It was at home. We had a streak going. Not just for the streak, but for us -- to show that we've matured, that we should be able to win games that we should win.

Their two guys went to the free-throw line a million times and that set the tone for the night. It's tough to play a team that gets every single call. Those guys got too many generous calls.

Nelson hasn't been making his shots lately. I told him to stick with it, ... We knew he had to make a shot sooner or later.

I really enjoyed the win. It was a great victory, especially against the Rockets.

It was tough, man. I thought I had him. But I beat (him) to the spot. I envisioned myself going to the free throw line. Obviously they (the officials) didn't see it that way.

Sometimes coach is calling stuff and I don't understand some of the things he's calling. I ask Phil Ford or Herb Williams just to give me some insight, so I think coming off the bench has really been helping me.

People go through those things in regular life and basketball. I'm not the first person who's had a span of games where they didn't play particularly well. ... It's just my turn to go through it. It's the first time in my seven-year career that I played probably four or five games that weren't really, really good consistently.

I hope this doesn't come back and bite us in the butt. We're kicking away too many of these now.

I think a lot of the players don't realize that you only have one basketball career and it doesn't last as long as you think. The money might be there, but actually being out there on the court, that (stuff) doesn't last. And until people realize that and realize that you have to help each other and not be so selfish and worry about how many points you score, we're going to be stuck in the same position, same place.

Once I didn't get in the groove early, it was kind of hard to pick it up. It was a tough game, man. I would think that I would come in and have, like, 70, but it was the complete opposite.

They made some good plays down the stretch and we turned the ball over twice and that really hurt us in crucial situations,

He has no choice but to get better.

We'll have opportunities to push the ball, and other times when we'll have to set up. What we need to do is try to win some games and try to gain confidence.

Gilbert's a good player, but if I was in an offense where they allowed me to come down and shoot every time, I'd be considered explosive too.

For me not to do that was completely wrong. It was in the heat of the moment. I apologize to the fans, to my teammates, the coaches.

He was enthusiastic about getting back to practice and playing basketball, ... We're going to continue to strive to get him back here. Whatever it takes.

You're talking about basketball fantasies, right That's OK, but nothing else.

We desperately needed a win, and for me, it was great. After a week of not playing, shooting by myself with some of my people who help me play basketball, it was good to get out on the court with my teammates and play ball.

I went to watch Dwight play at the summer league in Las Vegas, ... Last season, he wanted the ball. This season, you can tell he really wants the ball. He's going to emerge.

In the NBA, the life that we live is great. All situations are a test for you to overcome. (Coming off the bench) is something that I'm going to have to overcome if that's what the coach decides to do. That's something that's way out of my control. I've just got to do what I can do when I get in, provide any inspiration and help that I can.

I have never seen Allen and Chris play that good together. They played off each other and they were able to get the victory.

I'm just waiting, man. Whatever they decide. . . . As far as a decision if I'm going to get traded or not.

Over the past three weeks, I haven't seen a young guy come into this league and play like this. He's been playing great night in and night out. It 's been fun to watch him evolve and grow into a great player.