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«The players have been more than I probably expected, as far as being receptive,»

«Any time you take a job where a team won the championship and got within five minutes of winning another, you wonder, how are they going to accept you? But they've been very open to coaching, very open to doing whatever we've asked.»

«I told the guys, we're going to be a good defensive team because that's your personality, ... What I want you to do is take the same aggressiveness that you bring to your defense and turn it to your offense.»

«It is extremely difficult as a young rookie to establish [yourself] in this league because you're going to have guys that can go at you on a nightly basis,»

«We surrounded (Kevin). We brought in two veteran players in Sam Mitchell and Terry Porter that we thought were two very professional type individuals that would show him how to handle practice situations, what it was to be professionals, to prepare for practice, to prepare for games, how to deal as far as off the floor, not to put yourself in any awkward-type situations. And then we tried to communicate with him. Our biggest thing was we gave him enough responsibility on the court that he was able to perform, yet still improve.»

«[The constant, of course, is Bryant, who disheartens defenses because he makes so many shots under duress.] Kobe is the best tough-shot-maker in the game, ... It is very discouraging for a defense to have done something perfectly, then have him come along and make the shot anyway.»

«Wally has been very important to us, but he hasn't been starting for us. So it's not like we have to change a lot how we approach the game.»

«Part of it is teams that were not very good have gotten better, which makes for a much more competitive conference. What developed for a few years in the Western Conference has now come back to the East, where there aren't really any gimme games.»

«What the league is trying to do is understand that there are a lot of people, young kids, who look at us like we're going to the office.»

«We share the ball,»