10 Quotes by Joe Maloof

He is a terrific athlete, we all know that. He's one of the top 15 or 20 players in the league, in our opinion anyway, and he brings it every night.

Our team hasn't performed the way it should. We needed to do something. I think the fans in Sacramento were ready for a change no matter what.

We know we can do it. Even the owners need confidence. The owners got to believe that they can bring a title to the city. If the owners don't believe it, nobody's going to believe it.

We just talked to him on the phone. He told us he's excited to come to Sacramento, and just hearing him say that, we were convinced he was sincere.

You get a player like this probably once in a lifetime.

We didn't know whether or not he wanted to come. We want somebody that wants to come to your organization, and that was our big question. That's why we wanted to talk to him for ourselves today. He said he wants to play and he wants to be in Sacramento. That's good enough for us.

We didn't know whether or not he wanted to come. He said he wants to play and he wants to be in Sacramento. That's good enough for us.

No, we didn't get anything in writing. We all know about his past, but we're just concentrating on the future. We're just hoping it all works out for the best.

I told him the fans in Sacramento will definitely embrace him and this organization will do whatever we can to make him comfortable.