Tony Parker Quotes (25 Quotes)

First half, we kind of played terrible defence, gave them wide-open shots. The second half, we matched their energy. Every time they tried to penetrate, everyone was in good position.

We have to understand that Dallas is for real. Avery Johnson is a good coach and he knows our playbook by heart.

Every time we play Houston, we have a hard time scoring. Whenever you make the outside shot, it opens things up for us.

Finley is definitely stepping up and playing great basketball. He's just feeling more comfortable with the team.

It proves that the committee is Anglo-Saxon. They prefer the English.

A lot of teams like to put a bigger player on me. A lot of times, I backed him off but didn't hit the shot. I've got to hit the shots.

It's been good to be here with Tim. It's always nice to be here the first time with a teammate. He introduced me to everybody. I am just very blessed and lucky he was here so I could experience my first All-Star Game with him.

Tim came out huge today. He was very focused this morning and he played like an MVP.

My priority is try to win a championship with the Spurs. Off the court I just let them say whatever they want. I'm used to it a little bit. When I go back to France it's crazy. Everywhere I go it's like a lot of people, paparazzi. So, you just stay with your bodyguard and go into private restaurants and stuff like that.

We can't have bad endings of games because against Detroit or good teams, it can hurt us.

It was a back and forth game out there. They hit some big shots and we were able to answer back. We had to stay aggressive out there tonight.

He always thinks that if everything is good at home, you'll play better on the court.

Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that.

He got me good. He got me good. I just thought he didn't need to do that because I was right under the basket and I was fouled already and he just gave the extra elbow. I didn't appreciate that. But he knows that he was wrong. I just wanted to make sure I told him.

That's what happens when you are the champions every night they want to give you their best game. Especially on back-to-backs, it's tough. The (loss) against New Orleans, we had played against Sacramento and (the Hornets) had two days off so they had a lot of energy. So we just have to be ready to play every night, but it's tough.

It's the playoffs, and everybody is focused, everybody is very motivated. Everybody was ready. We're not going to shoot the ball like that every night, but that was a good feeling. Game 2 is going to be different.

We wanted to make sure we didn't come out flat. It was great energy from the beginning.

I was very, very motivated. I felt like I owed my teammates because I played so bad two nights ago. It was just one of those games. Nothing went my way. So I watched some film with (Popovich) to see what I could do better.

I think I was too much in a hurry, trying to make stuff happen.

I thought I penetrated pretty well - we just missed a lot of easy shots. It's just one of those nights where offensively it didn't go our way.

We have a pretty tough schedule coming up. We have to stay strong mentally and must focus on getting better.

It hurts. Frankly, it hurts terribly. I have just lived one of the biggest loss of my career. It will be difficult to digest that moment. It is extremely hard to accept. I am disappointed.

He said it very plain, very clear. He said, 'We need to repeat.' We're just about the only team that's won a championship lately that did not repeat.

We made some tactical mistakes in the last few seconds. But overall, I am happy with how we played. That's basketball, you win some, you lose some. We should have finished them off earlier.

Definitely difficult to lose him. He was coming back very well. He was starting to play very well. He was playing good basketball so it is hard to lose him again.