Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovichis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all US major sports leagues. He is often referred to as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 January 1949
CityEast Chicago, IN
composure kept team
The team kept their composure well when we were down.
came islands prepare
Nellie came down to the Virgin Islands to see how we prepare for the season,
add changes difficult everybody goes karl latest regardless team time whether
The more time that goes by the more difficult it is. Regardless of whether it's Karl Malone, if we were to make a trade, if we were going to add somebody, I would think you would have to make any changes to your team at the latest by then to give everybody time to integrate.
afraid easy exactly group knows level reached touch
It's been pretty easy in the sense that I have a group that knows exactly who they are and what they've accomplished. We haven't reached some mythical, rarefied level where everybody's afraid of us and they can't touch us. That doesn't exist.
carried defense good overall worked
There were a lot of good contributions by a lot of people. It worked out well for us. We had pretty good overall defense and good offense, but a little sloppy. The good defense carried us through.
chance everybody fulfill hard means mostly night respect
It mostly means that everybody is going to play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard enough every night to give yourself a chance to win, to fulfill your role.
both starts
I told them both they should only come here for the right reasons. But hey, look, it all starts with Tim.
good great season somebody successful thankful
It's always great to get somebody else in who's been so successful with it. He's good enough to come down here as his season is about to begin, and we're really thankful he did that.
basketball coming fine great job putting respond system team terry
They're a fine basketball team. Terry has done a great job of coming in and putting in a new system and then having the team respond to it.
great huge physical played pursued regard
That just killed us. They did a great job, really pursued the ball, played very physical in that regard and that was huge in getting them the win.
angry came coach fuel great last looks loss night played tough
We responded well from a real tough loss last night. That's what a coach always looks for. It was great to come out angry enough to try to put last night out of their heads. We played well most of the night, but a lot of the fuel for that came from last night.
practice
We would probably never put him and Timmy in the same room, ... because they never would find out when practice is.
final games gone good great last ready situations three time watched
In the three games we've watched them play, they've gone from a 2 to a 5 to an 8 on a 10 scale. They've got a great coach, they've been in these situations before, and they know how to get ready for the final round. By the time that comes, they're going to be as good or better as they were last summer.
detroit fortunate people played series seven
If you think about it and look back at the Detroit series, ... we played seven people, period. You have to be pretty fortunate to just play seven people in a series like that, so we can use more people, without a doubt.