291 Quotes by Avery Johnson

Fifteen offensive rebounds...when did a Dallas team last do that. We put a lot of emphasis on that this year.

He wanted to play a little bit more tonight, but I told him we're looking at the big picture.

We seemed to have a lot of energy tonight. I gave them (two days) off and they gave me one back by responding with energy and concentration pretty much throughout the whole game. It's pretty rare for us to play that long of a stretch of good basketball.

I'm sure that we're going to see everybody against Dirk, like we have the other four games.

He can't seem to get it fully healed.

I'm very disappointed. I've spoken to the league, and I can't get into details on what was said. I can't even find the words. I've appealed to the league about their judgment. I've seen a whole lot worse.

We were fortunate to win for several reasons.

He just still doesn't know all the ins and outs of the game. He started playing basketball so late in life that he's still catching up.

In 1992, when I was out of the league waiting for a job, my dad passed away and my wife was pregnant. People will tell you, 'Oh, I never doubted for a moment.' Well, I beg to differ. I'm a man of faith, but there's a human side of you that wants to doubt.