John Salmons Stay Quotations

We?re 5-2 after the break. If we could go 5-2 every seven games, we?d have a good record. We just have to stay up and not get down.

Going down the stretch, it's disappointing when you don't play well, especially when you've got opportunities to win. Just about every game we've played down the stretch, we just couldn't pull them out, so it's more disappointing than anything. The Bulls keep losing, so we're still in the playoffs. We've got 16 games left, got to stay with it, just can't quit and keep trying.

When you lose a 30-point-a-game scorer, it's always going to be tough to score on a consistent basis. I think that's the biggest thing. We've got to stay together and try to get stops at the end instead of relying on scoring.

We are still in the playoffs, so we have to stay with it and keep trying. We have 16 games left. It is always tough to score on a consistent basis. We have to stay together and get shots.

They hit some tough shots and we just didn't defend for 48 minutes. It's been like that for a while. We just got to stay together and just don't give up. You just got to keep trying.