Paul Will
Paul Will
couple last ours outside strong weakness
That's been a big weakness of ours the last couple of years. We don't have real strong outside shooters.
award
That's a very important award for him to get.
atmosphere ball crowd front game good impressed kinds putting strikes threw throwing
I was really impressed with the way he threw the ball. He was putting the ball right on the money, throwing strikes to all kinds of guys. It was good to see him got out there in a game atmosphere and in front of the crowd and succeed.
bowl coming decision exactly happened knew left orange percent sure
I was pretty much undecided (before the injury). I wasn't 100 percent sure exactly what I wanted to do. Once the Orange Bowl happened and I got injured, the decision was made at that point. There wasn't anything left to decide. I knew I was coming back.
career gonna huge
I was pretty much lost. When something like that happens, it's such a huge shock. I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what my career was gonna be like.
defense feeling goes guys offense pick
I was pretty much feeling it on offense and defense and on the boards. When one of your big guys goes out you need to pick something up and I did that.
england english-athlete game played playing proud
I was proud playing for England in the World Cup. Every game I played in, I did really, really well. I had the world at my feet, you know.
couple defense easy gave
I was really disappointed in our defense down the stretch. We gave up too many easy baskets. They got a couple of dunks and a couple of layups. That can't happen. Not in the playoffs. Not at home. Not anywhere.
brazilians hear pleased technology various
I was pleased to hear various Brazilians say that this technology can be transferred.
beat chances gets hard pleased second team
I was pleased by our aggressiveness on the boards. It's hard to beat a team that gets as many second chances as we did tonight.
next playing
I was playing the machines, and the next thing I knew, there was a big boom, like a big jerk,
boys finish found fourth gas hold quarter somehow sure tanks three
I wasn't sure if we had enough gas in our tanks to finish the fourth quarter. But somehow the boys found a way to hold OLPH to just three fourth quarter points.
league leave paid pleased
(I) wasn't pleased with the officiating. (I'm) getting paid an American League salary, so we'll . . . leave it at that.
felt positive
I wasn't too sure. I thought that I had done everything I could to put myself in that position, and I felt real positive going in.