65 Quotes by Shane Battier

We came in here with the resolution to win, and that's what we did. ...We're trying to finish the season off strong.

We did as well as we could have with the group we've had the past few years. We hit a plateau. We just needed new blood.

Every time somebody asks me about making the playoffs, I say you never take it for granted. We were the worst professional sports franchise in the country when we got here. We didn't have credibility or any momentum. Now, we feel we have credibility in the NBA. We're just searching for more by having success in the playoffs.

We all know we didn't have our best showing. They're really good here and they have a lot of confidence here.

This was probably the toughest game of the year. We're proud of ourselves. We could have packed it in when they made a run and just said 'we're going to lose this one.' But good teams don't make excuses. They find ways, and we want to keep this thing rolling.

We've put in a good body of work. It's time to take it to a higher gear.

We showed our maturity. We didn't play our best first half and yet we were up a point. We executed better in the second half. Execution is about making plays.

We turned the ball over too much and after that we had our heads down. We just didn't have it.

Brad is an excellent choice, he can shoot it, pass it and defend on the perimeter. I think if we've learned anything it's that teams that have had success (in the Olympics) have done it with team play. I like that we are picking a team that can play together.