These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we’re going, but I’ve always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it’s never over.

I don’t need my players to like me. I need them to play for me.

In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it.

Heart is what makes a difference.

We are still hanging in there, competing and finishing to the end.

We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. When we don't execute our offense, we don't get anything. We were just running around out there.

We gave (Sacramento) everything they needed to get their game going and win the ball game. I took the timeout with four minutes left in the fourth because I felt like the guys that were in just weren't going to get the job done.

This was a winnable ball game on our part.

This team is going to be a great, great team.

The games are important. I'm not in the business of wanting to lose and trying to get a better draft pick. I really don't care about the draft pick.