And weve done a really good job in the last couple of games of trying to negate his impact. And thats been a big part of our success in the last two. Gregg Popovich More Quotes by Gregg Popovich More Quotes From Gregg Popovich 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 Gregg Popovich nbaover-youbasketball The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way. Gregg Popovich who-we-areway 'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role Gregg Popovich play-hardbasketballmean No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are Gregg Popovich nbateambasketball We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually Gregg Popovich teambasketballbelieve I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk Gregg Popovich basketballplayertalking Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness. Gregg Popovich basketballsimplewinning 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. Gregg Popovich goalkingsjobs We changed our rules. If a player does not have some sot of altercation on or off the court once each month, we fine him...The guys that are our top four scorers, each of them will be required once every two months to appear on MTV. The guys who shoot the worst free throws over a one-month period, next time we have a TV game they're required to look into the camera and beat their chests after they make a good play. Gregg Popovich mtvplayersports 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. Gregg Popovich basketballplaytrying The older you get the more you try to appreciate what you've accomplished. Gregg Popovich accomplishedappreciatetrying Nothing. I was confused for two years. I didn't understand anything and I'm still confused. Gregg Popovich confusedtwoyears I try not to get impressed. I just try to look at what I see. Gregg Popovich impressedtryinglooks We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world. Gregg Popovich eyebasketballtwo Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team Gregg Popovich nbateambasketball 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. Gregg Popovich nba-championshipsplayhome Basketball's a game of mistakes. Gregg Popovich basketballgamesmistake A reporter started off: "I know a lot of this is kind of speculation." Popovich interupting: "You're going to ask me anyway." Reporter: "And you're going to shoot it down." Popovich replied: "Next question." Gregg Popovich nextbasketballkind 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. Gregg Popovich basketballgameswinning 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. Gregg Popovich nbamvpthinking
