280 Quotes by Maurice Cheeks

You have to transform yourself, ... As a player, when there?s something you don?t want to do, or you don?t want to do these interviews, you have other guys that they like talking to more anyway, ?cause you like those jovial guys. You can pass that off. As a head coach, you don?t have anyone you can pass it off to.

I don?t think you try and get him ready for an NBA season. You take it day by day and as that comes along, I think he?ll get a little bit better and a little bit stronger. As he watches and sees other players out on the floor, the things they have to do out on the floor to get themselves ready, I think he?ll be better at it.

I knew it was gonna be a tough game. The essence of that game was that they played harder than we did. ... It was our first quarter and third quarter that put us in the hole.

I knew Randy would be on someone's bench because he's a very good basketball coach. That's not a secret.

You had guys that were exhausted out there.

Forty points and 10 assists. When he wasn't scoring, he was creating opportunities for other guys. Tonight was a prime example of a team effort. Our intensity was much better from the start.

I'm hoping I'm here a long time, ... Stability can go a long way for players and teams. They know what to expect.

When you play a team like Miami, you cannot start the way we started. You put yourself in such a hole, and you have to climb out of it. You can't do that against a good team. They space the floor, they have a great post player. ... Then they spread the floor with their shooters.

For three quarters, our defense was very good tonight.