I Was The Youngest Of

I've Been Around Young, Talented, Non-coachable Players. I've Been Around Veteran, Talented, Non-coachable Players. No Matter What You Do, Sooner Or Later - Even If A Coach Comes In That's Able To Connect With Them - If That's Who They Are, They're Going To Go Back To It.

To This Day, I Hate Walnuts And I Hate Onions Because On Weekends When The Walnuts And Onions Were In Season, We Were Out There First Thing In The Morning And Out There Until The Sun Went Down Topping Onions Or Picking Walnuts.

You Don't Think The Losing Is Ever Going To End, But When It Does End, You Get To Enjoy It And Keep Working With It And Keep Getting It Better, And That's Where We Are.

I've Never Talked To Our Guys About Being Young. That's An Easy Crutch To Fall On. You Really Just Have To Come In And Build The Spirit Up Of Your Team By Working Them Everyday, Showing Them Examples Of What They've Done And Reinforce Their Work.

We Had A Great Preseason. The Guys Responded With What Coach (george Karl) Wanted Early On In Pace Of The Game, Togetherness And Defensive Intensity. We've Improved In Those Areas With A Couple Of Setbacks, But We've Improved Each Game.