58 Quotes by Lawrence Frank

As a coach you try to put yourself in their shoes and see what you're doing and how they may counter it, and see if there's anything you can do to be one step ahead without driving your team nuts.

Their defense fueled their offense. They kept making stops.

Cliff really gave us a big lift off the bench. He and Vince really took over the game with their pick-and-roll plays.

I am an optimist, and why not today? It just goes to say how quality an organization Dallas is. They've been an elite team for a long time and we want to be up in those ranks.

(Carter) missed a bunch of shots he makes every day. The guy takes a hell of a fall and he keeps on attacking the rim. If we would have won maybe that would have been a story line, that the guy gets up from hurting (himself) where he could hardly sleep last night.

The heart and will that this guy has is unbelievable. His defense on Kobe, his assertiveness on offense -- he would not let our team lose tonight. He put us on his back.

The guy has been in great gyms. He is extremely well educated in the game of basketball.

The effort here tonight was tremendous. We got off to a great start and sustained it.

We will be at our best when times are at their worst because of our habits, attitude and chemistry.