Bruce Bowen Quotes

"We thought about the way we played them last time at home, because when you get smacked at home, you don't like that. You go back to the drawing board and figure out what you can do to turn it around."

"They've made a sacrifice for us, to protect us and our families. I think more than anything else there's a profound appreciation for them."

"It's not a matter of we were playing a game, and then we had to stop the game, ... It was just coming into warming up, so we can always get warmed up."

"We had more people distributing the ball in the second half and I was the beneficiary of some of those passes. When we do that, somebody is going to hit the wide-open shot."

"[Even when he failed to make the play successfully, Duncan was actively involved. He determined where Detroit's defense went, certainly helped lure Detroit's big men into big foul trouble. And when the Spurs saw Duncan being Duncan instead of some reluctant all-star, they were transformed back into champions themselves from a bunch of guys who'd lost three of four games in the Finals and were reeling. What did they do differently to get him jump-started?] We said, 'Here Mr. Two-time Finals MVP . . . Here's the ball, ... That's all it took. That's not a major adjustment. 'Hey Tim, here.'"

"We should pay you the wholesale rate for ... your electricity."

"I can't allow that to take my edge off. Whoever is going to play his spot, I have to look at them as I do him."

"I took him home in two tin cans. He was buried in Nebraska."

"We did a better job in the second half of the game tonight."

"We had opportunities, ... We just made a couple mental mistakes down the stretch? That?s what bothers us the most."

"I think so. Not to disrespect them (Magic), but it's not like you're going up against Phoenix right now. You expect their numbers to be up a little bit, but they scored 54 points in the first half. I don't care how you look at it, that's not defense to our standards."

"They have a wonderful economic-development program here, and they actually recruit gun businesses."

"We players understand we have the best lives in the world. We owe a debt of gratitude to all our fans, everyone who supports us."

"Watching the players in their environment was impressive. They were all great guys. I was like a kid in a candy store."