Caron Butler
Caron Butler
James Caron Butleris an American professional basketball player who last played for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth13 March 1980
CityRacine, WI
early opportunity
When things go bad, they go all the way bad. That's good. We got an opportunity to feel that early on in the playoffs.
ability doubt successful
We're confident. We don't doubt our ability to go out and have a successful trip.
challenge hope positive thinking
You have to go in there thinking positive things and hope the referees just let us play. He's going to be a real challenge for us. We need to do a lot of different things with him; show him a lot of different looks.
assistant bringing butler community event people played together
What an event like this in any community accomplishes is bringing people together for goodness,'' said Leito, who was an assistant at Connecticut when Butler played there.
adversity bail came chemistry coming either slowly successful team together
When you go through adversity, either you are going to bail out or you come together. This team came together and got closer. I think that's why we're being so successful right now because we're so tight. I just think the chemistry is coming together slowly but surely. It is coming together more and more.
adversity great happy helped love
With the adversity I've been through in my life, he helped me through it. He's a great man. I'm just happy to be in the circle. I love you for that, coach.
concern knew minute points six team
When you are up six points with a minute or so to go, a team can always come back. It is always a concern in this league, but we knew we could get this win.
begins consistency starts trip trying urgency year
This trip is big, it really is. We're trying to get some consistency right now, and we have to find it on this trip. We have to do something before the new year starts and use that as momentum. It's a long season, but we have to feel that sense of urgency to get something done, and it begins with this trip.
ball blow call continue determine either game great hard loose playing situations stop whistle
We've been playing great basketball. I think we're a loose ball or a stop away. The whistle can blow either way but . . . you don't want the game to get in those situations in which a call can determine a game. We need to continue to play hard and with a lot of energy. We'll be fine.
bench game leave pick starters
We're the bench mob, ... We're going to come in the game and pick up where the starters leave off.
character coach offense rushing stick
We were rushing things. We were doing a lot of things that were out of character. Coach showed us films. He showed us that our offense works. Obviously, we know that. We just have to stick with it.
crazy east fifth four game games home road spot win
It's crazy in the East because are all one game away from being in the four spot or two games away from being in the fifth spot. It's impertinent that we win these games at home and show up on the road with a lot of energy.
effort good guys page
It was a good effort from a lot of guys who are really on the same page right now.
crazy exciting experience looks mandela nelson oprah picture realize situation walk watching whose woman
It was a crazy experience because she is a woman who everyone in the world looks up to, ... I mean, you walk in there and one of the first things you see is a picture of Nelson Mandela on the wall. That's when you realize just how big a situation it is. To go in there with my mother, whose been watching Oprah for years, it was just a really exciting experience, something I won't ever forget.