193 Quotes by Jerry Sloan

Our three best players . . . were like 8-for-22.

I just thought it was an opportune time to do that because maybe he had something in his head, or something was going on that I wasn't aware of.

I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him a little bit of a lift. I think it was important to him as a person.

I thought he (Palacio) played pretty well. He played defense well, which is tough no matter which of those guys you put him on. The important thing is we did a good job of keeping them on top of the basket and made them shoot over the top of us.

I just thought he was in the wrong spot.

Maybe I'll have 12 captains, ... I've got a lot of things going on in my head with that right now.

In the second half, they played harder and caused us to take tougher shots. We shouldn't have been worn down in the third quarter when they put pressure on us. You have to give them credit. They brought it to us.

That will figure itself out at the end of the year.

If you're supposed to be on a certain place on the floor defensively, you've got to get there. You can't just go crazy. And if you've got a certain assignment on the offensive end of the floor, that all remains the same. But if we break it down because we've got something else in mind, then the other four guys don't have any idea what we're doing. It's just basketball. But we have to play it together.