118 Quotes by Toni Kukoc

It was a close game until that (basket) started looking like a garbage truck and whatever we threw up there went in. It looked like sometimes we didn't care who was in front of us, just as long as we let that thing go. It's fun to play that way.

It's very hard. It's such a long season ... it's very hard to maintain the consistency and play well.

I kind of decided to play one more year. I didn't have any problems during the season, knock on the wood. So I decided to play another season. Where it's going to be, I'm not sure. We'll see what the summer brings.

In some cases, that might be OK because they might not feel any pressure. Especially when you have an opponent like Detroit. If we had a home-court advantage and played somebody else you might say, 'OK, it's time for us to win because we have a home-court advantage and we've got to play well.' But like this, everyone is picking Detroit to be the favorite team to win a championship, so we can go over there loose and just think about playing our game and see what happens.

I just think we're trying to do things too much as individuals. When things start going the wrong way, we're trying to save it individually and you can't do that. There's been no player ever in the NBA who could do things that way. Maybe for a game or two but not in the long run. And there will never be one like that.

I didn't sleep for a long time, especially knowing we had a chance to go all the way to the end and win a championship. We got stuck in the seventh game against New York, but just from seeing how disappointed the players were and the coaching staff, not going all the way, I realized everybody was going to be motivated. Fortunately for us, it happened three times.

If you are physically ready to play, it's a matter of confidence. Your confidence goes down when you lose games, when shots are not going in.

One score makes happy ONE player, one assist makes happy TWO.

If you are physically ready to play, it’s a matter of confidence. Your confidence goes down when you lose games, when shots are not going in.