14 Quotes by Del Harris

When I had him in the Olympics in the summer of 2004, after every practice and after every game throughout the whole time that I had him, when he would take his shoes off, his socks would be red on the inside from the blood coming from his big toe.

I didn't make the cut. Clearly, Avery didn't do his homework and check out what kind of shooter I was in college.

He's close to being a volume shooter. As I see his game . . . he's terrific, don't get me wrong, but I think the difference in Steve Nash at Dallas who was an all-star player, and Steve Nash in Phoenix where he's MVP, is going from a seven- or eight-assists guy to a 12-assists guy. That's the little subtle change that I think he could make. If I had the skills of T.J. Ford, I wouldn't be satisfied with six assists.

I thought Chris had a good game because he had 11 assists, but sometimes Chris can get 11 assists and still get you 20 points. So I thought our guards ... did a nice job with him.

We'll find out, won't we? It has produced 60 wins. But we all know that's not the ultimate goal.

Nobody can guard Kobe one-on-one. Nobody.

It is not overwhelmingly difficult for a committed group of players with only average individual basketball skills to put together a very good team defense.

There has never been a great 'silent' defense

A lot of people think when you have a long home stand that the pressure is off of you. But the truth is that the pressure is really on you to defend that home court.