280 Quotes by Maurice Cheeks

The zone hurt us quite a bit. It was poor, poor execution against the zone in the fourth quarter. We couldn't make a shot and they never went back to man-to-man. They stayed with the zone and packed it in.

He is one player that I'm not concerned about (with) his minutes. There was a time when I thought about taking him out of the game, and he started getting in a nice flow.

I don?t think Kyle is our best on-the-ball defender, but as an off-the-ball defender he is pretty good.

I've never been so glad to see No. 3.

Kevin is a veteran who has been around for a while. It's no disrespect to John. He's still learning this game. I told him that I don't want him to accept it. I want him to go out and learn from it and work hard.

I didn't know a whole lot about him,

I've always felt like Philadelphia was the place I would end up, the place I was going to be, ... I've always felt it.

Certainly, you're disappointed. The hardest part for anybody, and certainly for me, is to know you're not in it and that you failed. Failed is a hard word to say. When you set a goal for yourself to get in the playoffs and have a chance to win a championship, that means I failed in trying to accomplish what I came here to accomplish.

I wouldn't say I'm worried about it, but that's what training camp is going to lend itself to. It's going to allow me to see where it's going to come from.