513 Quotes by Flip Saunders

I would have liked to have seen the guys get off to a better start early, with their main group.

They were aggressive and we played out of character on defense. They're 18-0 run really dictated the game.

When you have other athletes (in the arena), you want to go out and you want to perform. I'm sure that got them juiced up a little bit.

I was worried coming into this game because I heard at shoot-around some guys mention Miami. I was concerned that they'd overlook Atlanta.

I wish I could have been in the stands.

The one reason we have been in the games prior to this was because of our defense. We had four (actually three) straight games of holding teams in the 70s. That's pretty tough to do in this league.

When you play great ones, it's the team assignment. You have to make him a volume scorer. You can't let him get 30 points on 18 shots. What you want to is keep him out of the free-throw line, make him take a lot of shots if you can.

If we don't win the title, no one will remember that we were 35-5.

I want to win. My thing was not what this team has done in the past, it's what we have an opportunity to do in the future. So, my decision came pretty easy.