380 Quotes by Scott Skiles

With our group, we've found that this works for us. Nobody's complained. We don't have much of a complaining group.

They're a different team than when we saw them last time.

Paul pretty much has his way with us the whole night. There are certain rookies who come into this league and are ready to play and he is definitely one of them.

We have made it a point of emphasis all year. Our guys have to use better judgment about when to shoot (the ball) and when to drive and draw contact. There were some games when we were in the penalty (situation) for four or five minutes and still had not shot a free throw.

They're on a level we're not even near yet, although we can play with them on a given night. What are they, 49-11? I guess 'aspire' would be the right word.

There was a lot of out-of-position fouling. If we don't let them go to the line that much, we probably get the win. We had a lot of trouble (defensively). The last three games, we haven't, but tonight we did it again. We didn't move our feet and play proper position defense.

We wanted to get off to a better start and we did. We were comfortable out there and relaxed yet focused at the same time.

Paul pretty much had his way with us the whole night.

It's as important as a regular-season game can get.