169 Quotes by Rick Adelman

We were a team without a personality. With Ron, we have one.

At the start of the third quarter we came out and they closed it right away. We didn't move it (the ball), especially in the third quarter. It was one pass, one dribble, one shot. That's what will happen when you play a team like that.

Each time one of those (milestones) happens you appreciate it more because you know when you look back how much effort went it. I have been really blessed to be in two great situations in Portland and the last seven in Sacramento.

We were trying to make the spectacular play, and all we talked about at halftime was trying to make the simple play. I thought the first half we really forced a lot of things, and during the second half, we calmed down the ball pretty well.

We're a different team than we were before. There's no reason we can't go out and compete in this series.

There's nobody we can't go out and compete against. But again, it's such a new group. I always knew what to expect with the group in the past, but I don't know what to expect if we keep winning. Are we going to be able to sustain it and make it? These guys have done an unbelievable job of coming together as a team.

We're just trying to make sure somebody's on him all the time.

I've said all year if we don't have Mike and Brad playing well we're going to struggle.

We're just trying to get one of those eight (playoff) spots, we don't care where it is. It's going to be a fight right down to the end.