Avery Johnson Mentally Quotations

I think the Mavericks -- our team -- we've kind of forgotten who we are as basketball team and what made us successful. It wasn't shots on the offense. It wasn't holding the ball. We've kind of looked like some of our old teams with one guy pounding the ball instead of ball movement and player movement. We haven't been physical. Is that because we've been fatigued? I don't know. I know we've been a step slow. I can see that -- mentally and physically. We just need to get back to being who we are, and I think that will give us a better chance to win some of these games.

We pretty much know where we're going to finish now. The only thing that really matters for us is to get guys healthy mentally and physically.

We just don't have the fire right now. We're not there mentally or physically. Hopefully we will be there in eight days.

Even the times we were in their face, they still seemed to make some shots. Our season is not over ... but we know where we are going to finish now. The only thing that really matters is to get guys healthy mentally and physically.

No question, this was a big win for us. We stayed mentally and physically tough.