Ben Gordon Good Quotations

I got off to a good start. Then I got plagued by foul trouble, and it kind of busted up my rhythm.

I think both the team and I have a good flow going on offense the last two nights. Hopefully we can sustain it.

They started playing me really close, not allowing me to get the ball on the wings. G.P. did a good job of face-guarding me, keeping the ball out of my hands. I have to get used to stuff like that and expect it and try to adjust.

It's no doubt in my mind I can be a starter, but that's not my role. It wasn't our scoring that got us there. We didn't have any all-stars. It was our defensive intensity. That's the key to this team being successful. You got to continue to do that and we can be good as last year and maybe better.

They did a good job of getting the ball out of my hands.

I had four seconds this time as opposed to the 2 1/2 I had last time. I just tried to get into my rhythm and get a good shot up.

I just realize I'm getting a lot of this stuff because of the work I'm putting in. I know it's not by mistake or accident. It has to do with the kind of energy I put into my game. Good things happen when you put work into things.

They were playing good 'D'. They were a lot more aggressive. They were trapping in the backcourt.

You can't avoid the things that come along with being a basketball player. I want to carry the torch until somebody else comes along. I know there's a lot of kids who look up to me. And it's good when they're able to come out here because when I was growing up, I didn't have a chance to meet anybody famous from Mount Vernon. I just read about people from the community who were successful.

It was real good game for us. Everybody got to play and hopefully we can use it for some momentum in (Wednesday's) game.