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Letter "P" » Phil Martelli Quotes
«I knew it was bad. I didn't know it was that bad until I saw the numbers.»
«That's a monumental win in this league. St. Louis players looked a little tired. Emotionally that tires you out, and we were able to take advantage of that.»
«When the ball doesn't go in the basket, you start hoping you can get out of town under the cloak of darkness. Confidence has dwindled here. We'll see whether the second half against La Salle has energized and picked up their emotional level. We've put ourselves in a precarious situation in terms of the league.»
«One of the things we don't do is that we don't penetrate. We don't have that ability on our team. We have one guy who can get by people on the dribble, and right now his knowledge of basketball is such that he can't find the open player. We just don't put pressure on the defense to make them help. We've allowed teams to play us head-up. If you're not getting the shot in that sweet spot, it's not going to go down easily.»
«We don't create a lot of easy shots. We have to look at offensive patterns, and that's going to take some time. You have to work on them, you have to work on them, you have to work on them. I don't know if you can make their skills better during the season. But you can work on their understanding of the game.»
«We're picking up the pieces and moving forward. We're constantly reminding ourselves that there's still a half-year of basketball to play.»
«The dike has some holes in it. You can't put your hand on all of them. Who would have ever imagined?»
«It's still a work in progress sometimes as to how he's going to get the ball to the basket. But he's practiced real well, he's a real good talker on defense, and he's better with the ball than even I would give him credit for.»
«We knew when they came back it would be with a vengeance and we weren't ready for it.»
«We crumbled a little bit mentally more than anything else. We've got to find out the reasons and work on them.»