More - Jerry Sloan Quotes

We gave (Sacramento) everything they needed to get their game going and win the ball game. I took the timeout with four minutes left in the fourth because I felt like the guys that were in just weren't going to get the job done.

Jerry Sloan

 

I just feel it is important for a guy if he is struggling, especially younger guys, to know what it's like, on their own. Not run to them every minute. Let them fight through it. He did that. That's why I admire what he did. I think it'll be good for him 10 years down the line.

Jerry Sloan

 

We were totally intimidated by the guy to start with because he had such free roam. We never got a hand in his face. He's a terrific player.

Jerry Sloan

 

They pretty much manhandled us all the way around. We didn't have much of any kind of effort to stop them.

Jerry Sloan

 

Andrei played awfully well. He's been dedicated to doing things: helping and encouraging his teammates.

Jerry Sloan

 

Andrei played awfully well. He's been dedicated to doing things: helping and encouraging his teammates.

Jerry Sloan

 

I tell the players, 'I'm sorry that you got hurt, but there's not a thing I can do about it'. You've got to go forward. That's the only thing I know. That's what I've tried to convey to our players. We've been fortunate here. Our organization for 18 years had very few injuries when John [Stockton] and Karl [Malone] were here ... I understood all along we were fortunate our guys stayed healthy. That's life in the NBA. If you don't like it, there's other jobs.

Jerry Sloan

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These things were going to happen. Greg and I know that. That's just who we are. And we just go about our business.

Jerry Sloan

 

They were the tougher team mentally all the way around tonight.

Jerry Sloan

 

They dominated us right from the beginning of the ballgame. We didn't really seem to have any life. ... They beat us all four quarters.

Jerry Sloan

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