14 Quotes by Rip Hamilton

Never heard of him, but I heard of him this year. It's kind of funny. It's so small -- to hear about somebody coming from Coatesville, I would have heard of him. It's a great thing.

I had to work on becoming a more complete player. I had to be a better three-point shooter to make it more difficult for opposing teams. It gives them one other thing to worry about with us.

We've been waiting to get to the playoffs since the last game of last season. So now to get the opportunity to play, we're all excited.

When he was here, everybody grew under him. He made everyone a more complete player.

He's been unbelievable. His confidence is what makes him.

Man, we've been playing a lot of games. It seems like we haven't had a day of rest, and that probably took a toll on us mentally. We've just been playing so much in the last week or so.

We really take pride in shutting people down. That's so important, especially in the playoffs. You can't let guys get off and hurt you.

You know you're doing it right when you feel burning in your hips and nothing in your groin. It gets my hips and my groin all on one page. I had groin trouble early in my career. I was using too much of my groin because my hips were tight.

Coming into a situation like this is great, but you've got to understand your team. I think he knows he's got a lot of veteran guys on this team who know what to do. We don't need to be told. We already know.