619 Quotes by Larry Brown

They were exhausted, that was one thing. And two, I didn't want to put them in that position yet.

I hope we get players in here who want to defend and we keep the ones who have that as a priority. I think that's the only way you can win. Generally, if a guy's willing to defend, he's going to be unselfish, he's always going to play hard, and he's probably going to have unbelievable character.

I don't need a guy who doesn't want to buy in. How you play, how you practice and how you act determines how much you play.

I'm amazed at the restraint (Davis) had. I'd like to put Stu Jackson or (NBA commissioner) David Stern in that situation and see how they'd react. He'd have been in a lot more trouble if he went home that night and hadn't done anything.

This is an audition now. I'm not worried about egos. I'm going to play the guys I think can help us.

I hope we get players in here who want to defend. And keep the ones who make that a priority.

This is a big step back. It was unbelievable.

I looked out there and it looked like a lot of guys just didn't care. That's tough, but you gotta keep finding the people that do (care) and hope you have enough of them.

I don't look at it that way. I don't think any of them are guys trying to make a hard foul or a dirty foul. They're trying to set a screen. The issue is, when a guy comes up behind you, you can't see, so you can't change direction, and you're going to probably take a blow.