35 Quotes by Rick Ford

When it was tied, we didn't do what you have to do to win a game like this. We were impatient and we forced the issue and it cost us the game.

Fran and I spent a lot of nights watching summer league games throughout the D.C. area. I've got a lot of respect for him. You've got to marvel at the job he's done once he arrived there. His teams are very intelligent. They're not going to beat themselves. They're going to play extremely hard. They're probably more athletic than people think.

He's got to work on his body, to get stronger for the next level, but he's terrific. He doesn't get rattled; he's seen probably every defense.

We told him all year to play more disciplined. It?s just a bad habit of him reaching. He is too good a player to let that happen.

He's a very good athlete with a tremendous body and great speed. The question is: What do we have? ... We feel he has a big heart and will run through walls for us.

He's getting the job done; it's as simple as that. My hat's off to him. He's been in and out of the lineup. He keeps showing up every day and coming to work like a pro. He's kept himself ready for this opportunity and he's obviously taking advantage of it.

Unless they became Detroit, Indiana and San Antonio rolled into one, a lot of it has to do with us. We are going to have to look long at why we aren't getting more production from everybody and getting better shots.

He did as well as he could. He hadn't been working out that much because he didn't expect the trade. I thought he was winded and tried to get him some shorter minutes in the second half.

I thought our guys played hard. We wanted to give ourselves a chance to push forward and we did that. We just couldn't make enough stops.