Mike Browning Tough Quotations

We made them take tough shots. That's been our defensive philosophy since I have been here. We got out of that on Friday and tried to press, playing crazy and that is not our style.

We came out in the first quarter ready to go. We have a tendency of not having a sense of urgency. Friday was a wake-up call, and we were going to make them take some tough shots.

Ben is quick, athletic, strong, tenacious and hungry -- the whole nine yards. He makes it tough because you are afraid to drive the basketball when you know he's back there.

You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought we were there and contesting the shots on the four jumpers he hit. Down the stretch, he won the game for them.

We've had a tough schedule. So in these kinds of games, we don't fear anybody. We respect everybody, but we don't fear anybody.

He struggled from the free-throw line, but I have to look in the mirror myself. I played the guy 48 minutes. It's tough on anybody to play 48 minutes and do what he does for our basketball team.