“I just wanted to be the first guy to get off because nobody was thinking about the game. Everybody was distracted. I knew the first team that got their head in the game first would win.”
“They played hard. They were real aggressive on defense and you could tell that they're in a nice zone. They're in a groove with that 10-game winning streak. They really moved that ball.”
“They weren't going to give it to us. That's only fair when it's playoff time. They came out and played as hard as they've played all season. It's only fair so the other team doesn't feel cheated.”
“To be a professional, sometimes you've got to put aside how you are playing or the number of minutes you're playing, you have to check it at the door and just come to win. That's what everybody has on their minds, winning games. It's harder when you have to fight attitudes on your own team, and then have to fight the other team. If one person is unhappy, then everybody is unhappy.”
“Defense as a whole is going to be very big for us. We're going to have to team rebound. Our aggressiveness is going to be the key and how mentally strong we're gonna be.”
“I've been telling him that he's 'The Man' and to play the way he's been playing all year. He's played well against this team so he doesn't need to put too much pressure on himself because it's the playoffs.”
