Troy Murphy Quotes (15 Quotes)

I didn't think it was that severe of a hit. Glad it's only one game. ... He is our catalyst and we need to step up collectively as a group to make up for his absence.

There was a lot of excitement at the end of last season. We wished we had made the trade in December and had the whole season to play. But everybody worked hard this summer, and wanted to come in and play well and it's shown.

It was a good speech, the kind he used to give us my freshman year at Notre Dame. I've heard it before.

He found me and I just took the shot. You've got to take those when you're open. The worst that can happen is you miss.

We still felt the effects of the loss in Chicago and wanted to make sure they didn't outwork us. It was nice to get a lead and maintain it through the fourth.

It's tough on Adonal to be taken out of the starting lineup, because it might look like that's the problem when it really isn't. Everybody's struggling. It's unfortunate for him, but he's a team guy and always plays hard and will provide a good spark coming off the bench. And he played really tough in practice today.

I do feel for him. It's an unfortunate time for him to go down, but if he has to, better to do it now and get back and concentrate for the regular season.

It's safe to say this will make or break our season. We need to win the vast majority of these games.

It's a hell of a wake-up call. This is a team we're competing with for the playoffs. We've got to be ready these (last) 29 games or we'll be watching them from home.

We can count on him every night for at least 20 points. The way he plays every night -- he plays hard, he plays hurt. He does a lot of great things for us.

The playoffs will still be on our mind until we are mathematically eliminated. We're trying to sneak in there. We still have a lot of the season ahead of us. We'll see what happens.

We tend to finish the season well. I don't know why. Whether we have 15 wins going into the last couple of months or whether we have 25. Hopefully this will be another one of those years.

It's make no sense. We're schizophrenic.

You can't think of a worse team to play on a back-to-back than Phoenix, especially when it's away. Just their style of play, it's tough. You don't feel it so much in the first quarter, but you can feel the pace in the third.

I can rebound more, I can score more. I want to get that opportunity. I wish they would (demand more). I want more on my shoulders, you know. It's very frustrating. Very frustrating. I say (something to the coaches) all the time but nobody listens to me. My mom always told me a squeaky wheel gets the grease.