26 Quotes by Dave Leitao

He's having a career, particularly this season, for the ages. I've watched it, I studied it on film, and now I saw it in person. ... He really knows this game of basketball.

He's got some intestinal fortitude, which I don't know if I've ever seen before. Almost as if he has the mentality of a boxer or a football player.

I think what he is doing this season, I think all of us, players, coaches and media in particular, should really savor. Because he's having not only a career, but particularly this season, for the ages.

We didn't box out. I don't remember seeing somebody saying, 'That was a heck of a box out.' We didn't go after it. We were the less aggressive team on the backboards today.

We're trying to just continue to build off the last two games. It's equally challenging to bring a team back from a victory, an important victory, as it is from a defeat. We need to continue to challenge our guys to remain focused and understand the job at hand.

There are key moments in the first four of five minutes of a game where you can tell a little about the tone of the game. They got a couple loose balls and a couple of offensive rebounds, and we were a step slow. Anytime a team gets into foul trouble is usually an indicator that a team is a step slow.

We've got to do a better job of getting those guys a couple of looks during the game down low. Hopefully they'll learn from the experience.

This was a very good win for the guys and the growth of our team. We hung tough through a lot of different things.

What people ultimately start doing is they start committing more people to them.