619 Quotes by Larry Brown

I thought the first half we really struggled offensively and turned the ball over a lot, but we just managed to hang in defensively and that was critical.

I thought they were a little tired, ... and then I thought down the stretch, I don't want to put the rookies in a tough situation like that.

I think we just sometimes don't understand how we get leads, and time and score. We're just young and this is the process you've got to live with.

I think we didn't have much defensive intensity at all in the third quarter. The third quarter was not what we expected, so I wanted to put the young kids in and they brought us back into the game. I didn't think it would be fair if I took them out.

We were reluctant to (go). We went out, watched it and it did bring us together. (The team in the movie) didn't do well at the beginning, but after hard work and discipline, they decided to come together. That's exactly what happened for us.

I think we have to figure out ways to stop people first. I always figure if you can guard people you don't have to score as much. I was hopeful we would value the ball a little better. My thing is, who is going to grind it out, defend and have a chance to guard people, and then we'll move on.

We can talk all we want, but if the team is shooting 65% and we're turning the ball over and we get in early foul trouble you can't make it a high-possession game. The second half, we didn't make it a high-possession game. We don't have the interior defense right now if we do get beat. We can't play like them.

I think what you've got to do is keep simplifying it and demanding it,

We have been getting blown out in a lot of games because we have been getting so far behind. The last three we have had a chance to win which is a good sign. They needed that because they are trying.