Jeff Gundy
Jeff Gundy
bench played
I played my bench too much in that quarter.
decide feels good says
If he says he feels good enough, I'll decide if I feel good enough about how he feels.
care count deeply
I care very deeply about Eddie. I like him. We would like to count on him.
concerned confidence deer guy rather throw
I'd rather see a guy who has a lot of confidence than throw out that guy (who is) like a deer in headlights, ... I'm not really concerned with him right now.
basketball caring character easy good passing starts
I feel he has good basketball character, or we wouldn't have done it. Basketball character is important, and basketball character starts with working and passing and caring about your teammates. I think he does those things. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was, I think, the right one for us.
negative painted type
I don't want to get painted as a negative quote. I want to be positive. I'm a (glass) half-full type of guy.
best center few guys hard outside plays prepared question surprised works
I'm not surprised when (Yao) plays well. He is prepared every day. He works hard every day. He's one of the few guys who doesn't need outside motivation. He is without question the best regular-season center in basketball.
everybody label maybe people type wants watch
If you watch him, he's anything but that type of player. That's how everybody wants to make him out to be. He's a low-turnover guy. He's sound. And yet, people still want to label him as that kind of guy. Maybe he can do that stuff. But he doesn't play like 'the Professor' out there.
guys
I think our guys can make (shots). We haven't made consistently. I think we could make.
spoke
I just spoke to him about him as a player,
fan tough watch
If you're a fan that comes a lot, it's tough to watch right now.
hard team tracy
If you have Tracy McGrady on your team and play really hard and smart, you can be in games.
burden capable good huge obviously shoulders tonight
I didn't think Yao was particularly as good tonight as he has been. There's obviously a huge burden on his shoulders right now, but we're capable of making (shots) and we didn't tonight.
against easy forget four good uninspired winning won
Because of how uninspired we were against the Lakers, it's easy to forget we won four in a row. Winning tonight, we did some real good things.