380 Quotes by Scott Skiles

Hopefully, this is something he can put behind him and it won't be a factor the rest of the season.

This would have been a real shame if somehow we would have lost it at the end after playing as hard as we played. In the first half we played really well, but we were tied. We came out and played hard and well and deserved to win.

I guess the assumption I'll go under is that we'll start the same way we did (Saturday) night.

During the game, if you're an injured player, a sport coat and slacks should be a bare minimum. And you should always appear to be professional when you're entering the arena.

Well, you know, I know a lot of times people think it's easy to just get the ball to a guy when the other teams knows exactly where it's going. Sometimes it's not that easy. Our guys are still learning. They're getting better at recognizing a hot hand and getting him the ball, but we're clearly not a finished product. But we had a decent look at a three-pointer with 18 seconds to go. We had our chances.

We'd like to have some control over (our destiny). It will be very difficult to do, because we know that we have to play great teams, but that's what we would like to happen.

It has happened to us so many times this season. We didn't make our free throws, and there were an awful lot of odd plays that were right in our hands near the basket but couldn't come up with them. Those will cost you in a close game like this.

Detroit has its own agenda, which is to rest its guys, and Washington has the motivation, which is understandable. So is the Orlando-Indiana game. That's part of it. That's why you play all 82 (games).

We looked panicked right from the jump ball. That's the only word that I can come up with.