Eddie Charles Jones Quotes
-
We've said to all the guys they are not there to just develop on tour, they are there to get in the test 22,
-
You enjoy being put in that position. You want to be in that position. As a kid you always think about making big shots to win a game or send a game into overtime. Even to this day, I still have dreams like that.
-
Of course we'll win. They're so scared of George they'll do anything to win.
-
There's nothing he did wrong. No blame is pointed at him whatsoever.
-
You've got to give him credit. Ray is clutch.
-
When the time comes you've got to make stops. You've got to contest shots, block shots and make it tough for them. We're doing it as a team. Every night we get better at helping each other.
-
I tell them the same things I told them before, bring a championship to Miami.
-
There's no magic solution for us, we just don't have the resources at the moment. The guys we've got here are the best front-rowers in Australia at the moment.
-
What we need is competition for places. We are certainly trying to engender that. When we name the final squad you could find that yes there might be a few established players left out of the squad. We'll find that out over the next two or three weeks.
-
I need to play and I need to rest. I don't know how I'll do it.
-
I knew if we could somehow take him away from his game or make it tough for him to score, our chances of winning the game were high.
-
We got happy just taking the threes. After a tough game (a 95-89 loss at Detroit on Friday), you may not have the leg strength. That was key. We were trying to penetrate and kick. The shots didn't go down. Just don't blame it on shooting. You can never blame a loss on shooting. It's what you do defensively.
-
They are similar sorts of players. The three of them are extremely talented.
-
Pau has been doing it for us all season and he did it again. He saved us.
-
As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.
-
We understand who we are as a team. We just have to focus on keeping our heads screwed on right.
-
I told the guys that something good would come of this. We worked our butts off.
-
I saw that we were sort of struggling to get points. We'd let (Minnesota) get the game manageable. When I came in the game, the opportunity presented itself so I took advantage of it. I was just being aggressive because I had legs.
-
We've selected eight players who are uncapped at test level and a further eight with less than ten caps to their name.
-
Shaquille O'Neal, probably the best player on the planet. When you acquire someone of that magnitude, people are going to come. He's larger than life.
-
You're not gonna be able to play 12 guys. We don't have a luxury like that, to be able to play guys like Dallas or San Antonio or Miami. We have to play the guys that can go out and make things happen.
-
The key was to play tough defense on them. We know they're a talented, offensively skilled team. It was all about protecting the paint, making them shoot contested jump shots and giving them one chance at the rim.
-
He mightn't think it but a lot of people would like to see him involved.
-
The good news is that it's not something too serious and with some rest and a break from the game, he should be right to start the Super 14 season.