127 Quotes by Chris Mullin

I think Mike is learning a lot still. That's to be expected. To me, the last 3-4 weeks, how the team has played in a tough stretch, they've shown a lot of professionalism in this last stretch here.

We need to play, I don't want to say with a sense of urgency (but) we need to be able to execute and finish games. We put ourselves in position to win, and hopefully, we learn from those missed opportunities and change those outcomes.

Why and how, I'm not sure. I think we underestimate their feeling of history, the fact that they care. I think they get pinned with a broad brush: 'They don't care, it doesn't matter to them.' But I think our best players will step up.

We view him as an integral part of our future and as a player who will continue to develop and expand his game, much as he has during his first three years in the NBA. Mike is a player who has improved every year that he has been in the league.

The players, from what they've done this summer, feel this is real. I think the excitement is about the talent that fits together that can win. It's not a marketing ploy.

When you lose ... you don't feel good. But you still have to get up, address things, change them. And when you win, it feels a little better.

We feel like it's time for these guys to take the next step,

There's going to be instances where some might see it as an advantage (to play small) and some might see it as a disadvantage, ... You have to make it work to your advantage. The people that make it work are those who play that way, and for good reason ? they get results.

(Is it) disappointing being below .500? No. Would I like to be over? Yes. But again, our record is where it stands, and we're right in the middle of a lot of teams bunched up. It's our job, our focus, to get above that. To get out of that bunch.