Gregg Popovich Quotes

They won't choose Joakim Noah as the MVP, but I think it's great that he's in the conversation and he should be. But it's just not the way it works, from my experience. It's got to go in the basket for you guys to pay attention to somebody. But he's pretty damn valuable in my opinion.

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.

Nothing. I was confused for two years. I didn't understand anything and I'm still confused.

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better.

'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role

It's never been my goal to be king of the prom. It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.

We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually

I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.

We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world.

It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.