Rashard Lewis Quotes


27 quotes:

"Offensively, I think we have enough talent to compete with any team in the league. But we have to step up our game defensively and stop teams. We haven't been getting stops when we need them in the fourth quarters. And that's why teams have been coming back on us. But I still think this team is capable of doing something special."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Talent Quotes
"I don't think we necessarily have to get rid of the whole team. Right now it's about pride. Are you going to give up or continue to play basketball and not let teams disrespect us? You have to be a man and stand up and that's what it's all about: stand up and play hard because we're NBA players."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Pride Quotes
"We're all playing harder as a team. You can feel the intensity. Even in practice, we're going a lot harder and doing a lot more running. You can feel it the next morning when you're stiff and have a hard time getting out of bed."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Practice Quotes
"It's little things that we're just not doing right. We're getting better in practice. We're in better shape, that's for sure. But in these games, all the progress we're making, it's not showing up."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Practice Quotes
"Usually guys are counting the days down or planning out their vacation. With this team, if feels like we have 20 or 30 games left. We are playing like we are playing for something and that's the sign of a good basketball team. We're strictly business and the chemistry is coming along. It seems like we're headed in the right direction."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Planning Quotes
"It'll be different for people watching the game and for us a little bit. After Monday's game everything will go back to normal."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: People Quotes
"To have a successful team, a championship-caliber team, you have to spend money. You can't keep young guys. We've been a young team ever since I've been on the Sonics. ... And hopefully if they do sell the team, then we'll have an owner that's going to be able to do that for us."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Money Quotes
"You can't let the other four starters hurt you. Those guys are good players, too. It's not just about stopping Kobe, but it helps. But they have other dangerous guys on their team."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Hurt Quotes
"We got to get that hunger back. Last year is over with. It's a whole new ballgame. Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. We're not labeled as that sorry team anymore. We might be now, but we were a good team last year and we weren't when we started this year."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Hunger Quotes
"It's an honor to get the invitation, but I don't want to go through a training camp and get cut. I think that would really hurt my feelings."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Honor Quotes
"He just threw up. About four guys ate some bad chicken last night, Nick [Collison] went home to be with his girl who's having a baby and the other guys got traded. I'm the only one here."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Home Quotes
"It seemed like they weren't playing hard and [were] just kind of going through the motions."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Hard Quotes
"To be successful, you've got to have a guy like Chris, not only to win more games, but to get to the next level."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Games Quotes
"I think it's going to let us know where we stand, these back-to-back games."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Games Quotes
"He just wants to win games and he knows they've had an up-and-down season. They're above.500 now, and I think he's trying to keep it that way. His main focus is getting that team to the playoffs, and he's just trying to win games."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Games Quotes
"I'm not going to say this is getting old because we've still got a lot of games to play. If you start giving up, then it's going to be a long season and we're going to continue to get our (butts) kicked."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Games Quotes
"I'm pretty sure I will be playing. It still hurts, it's still tight, but I will be wearing a football pad. Just try to get it loose before the game and see if I can go these last two games before the All-Star break."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Football Quotes
"We did well in not hanging our heads and kept fighting."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Fights And Fighting Quotes
"We said at halftime that the first one to play defense was going to win the ballgame. We gave up a lot of points in the first half and we felt like we had to step it up on the defensive end."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Defense Quotes
"We talked about it at halftime and said the first team to play defense was going to win this game."
Author: Lewis Quotes Category: Defense Quotes

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