8 Quotes by Austin Ainge

You have to be better than your problems.

The NBA is a culture shock for college kids, and even more so for kids from another country. The NBA is a unique environment, so there is going to be transition for any young kid, but I think coming from another country and culture is even harder. It does take a special toughness and confidence to deal with that, especially since a lot of times you don't play a lot as a young player.

Chemistry [between people] is not the easiest thing to evaluate. Just like talent and health, these things can change.

I always think I'm feeling it, but unfortunately I haven't had too many great shooting nights this season. But I just kept hanging in there. It's a huge win for us.

We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ... proved to be the difference in the game.

It's a shame the game wasn't on ESPN-Plus because that would have been play of the day for sure. Actually I didn't think my pass was all that good, but Trent got to it and, well, that was awesome.

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat TCU 89-80 in overtime Wednesday) were do or die for us as far as staying in the conference race. I'm not sure how, but we'll take it.

I had a chance to sit and watch the press from the bench, so when I got the chance to go in, I had an idea of what I could do.