John Salmons Quotations

We stopped being aggressive and taking the ball to the basket. We settled for a lot of jump shots. We missed ours and they made theirs.

When we went up early, I think we kind of thought that was it, that they were going to give up. You've got to take your hats off to them. They kept on fighting.

We were supposed to switch everything. We went small so that we could switch. I'll take the blame on this one; it was on me.

When you're up like that it's human nature just to be like, 'We've got this game. But we've got to stop doing that.

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.

Whatever makes great players, that is exactly what he has. I don't know what it is, but he's got it.

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.

We made some mistakes. If we cut out those mistakes, we have a chance to win the game.

I was looking in their huddle, they were laughing, joking, they knew they were going to come out with the win. There's just that confidence of been there, done that. They know how to win games. They're not worried.

I would say that this part of Pennsylvania has the best wrestling in the country.

It felt different this time. All the other games were emotional. This game felt like we were supposed to win. We did that and we move on.

When it keeps happening that shows you're not learning and you're not growing from your mistakes. That's not a good sign. We keep doing the same things over and over that's the frustrating part.

When it keeps happening, that shows you?re not learning and you?re not growing from your mistakes. You?re just staying in the same place -- and that?s not a good sign. You always want to grow. You always want to get better.

When it keeps happening, it shows that we're not learning from our mistakes. We keep doing the same things, and that's the frustrating part.

We've got two home games. The biggest thing is just win games within our division and the Eastern Conference. We've got two Eastern Conference games coming up at home, so we want to try to take advantage.

Um, I mean, if we had that figured out, we'd be a better team. That's the question that's out there. We can't figure it out. If we ever do, we'll be a tough team to beat. How y'all are asking these questions - we're all asking the same things.

We knew all we had to do was, if we make two shots early against the zone, they're out of it, and we could continue doing what we were doing.

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.

The second half was the total opposite of the first half. If things don't change, the same thing is going to keep happening - win a game, lose a game.

Sometimes, it only takes one game to boost you to the next level. The way he played tonight, he's well on his way.

Sometimes it takes just one game to boost you to the next level. If he plays like that, he's well on his way.

That's what killed us; it put us in a hole.

They don?t really have nothing to lose. They?re just coming out relaxed, loose, they?re at home. If you don?t come ready to play, you can easily lose. They?re professionals, so you can?t take them lightly.

It was fine. Kevin Ollie did a great job. I have no problem with it.

It's crunch time. We don't really have a choice. If we want to make the playoffs, that's what we have to do.

It wasn't anything we hadn't heard before ? just a little more emphatically.

It's tough for me because you want to feel like you can play this game. If I'm in the crowd and I see somebody's not involved and not doing much, I'm going to think that guy can't play. The other team's not worrying about you. It's hard for me to function that way.

They weren't on fire. They kept moving and passing the ball, just getting wide-open shots. If you have wide-open shots, that's what happens.

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.

I don't think he'll ever do that again.

Keep God first. If you do that, if you just focus on God and keeping Him first, then everything else will just take care of itself. Do everything for Him.

I just try to live the right way the best I can. I make plenty of mistakes but I just try to do the best I can and be a great example for my kids.

I try to leave it in Christ's hands and trust that He knows the situation. He knows the position I'm in. He wouldn't have put me in this position if I couldn't handle it. That's what keeps me going, knowing that He's right there. I can call on Him whenever.

For me, it's always Christ first and playing the right way for Christ. If I do that, everything else will take care of itself. When I stay focused on that, there's no pressure to worry about.

The first time we wrote this revision, we tried to make it very simple. That wasn't well liked so we tried to be more specific.