Nick Collison Quotations

Obviously, it's only been one day, but it seemed like it was a little bit lighter mood. We are still down to business. Guys are playing hard. (Weiss) does a good job of communicating. Nate did a good job of disciplining. I can't say one is better than the other. A coach like Coach Weiss can be successful if (the players) are mature and don't let things slide. If they are self-motivated, then we will be successful.

He's played great. He's fun to watch and our team has played a lot better with him in the lineup. For me, I'm just trying to get back and play as well as I can when I'm in there and see how it shakes out. There is that part where you think about the future, but in the NBA there are a lot of good players. All you can control is your play while you're out there.

He's becoming more confident in his game. I think he's feeling more comfortable running the team. He's starting to look for his own shot and that's opened things up for everybody else.

I feel like I can play either way. I like it when we're winning. Whatever the team needs. As long as I get an opportunity to play, I'm not too concerned with it.

I think the first half was a little bit of fools' gold for us. Ray was unconscious. Against a good team, it isn't always going to be like that. Second half, they played much better and we struggled.

I think we had a little bit of fool's gold in the first half. In the second half, they got stops and it started to make it harder on us. We couldn't get anything going and inside they just beat us up.

Down the stretch, we kept getting second shots, ... That's a backbreaker for a team when they're playing so well and after a tough possession we can pull it back out.

Down the stretch, we kept getting second shots. That's a backbreaker for a team when they're playing so well and after a tough possession we can pull it back out.

We've had a lot going on all year, extracurricular things. I think it weighed everybody down. (On the) first day, it does (feel better). Some guys said it felt better in Florida. They said the feel was better. Hopefully, the attitude will change everything.

This isn't football. You don't have to be the best team all season. In the tournament, it's one night.

I know the season is winding down, but if I can go 100 percent by the end of this week or early next week, then I'll give it a shot. If I have a setback, then I won't be able to.

If you look at our team, we're really young and everybody is coming back. We can be really good, so I'd definitely be interested in staying. But in the NBA it's all about what kind of deal it is and job opportunities.

If you give a kid pizza, he might want a different kind of pizza. It might get worse.

It was good tonight. We'll try to be good tomorrow in practice and get ready for the game Friday.

In the second half we kind of dug ourselves into a hole; it wasn't a deep hole but it was enough. Our play early was so bad that we weren't able to win the game.

It was hard to get ourselves going. I think because it's late in the year, and we're not in the playoff race, it took us a while to wake up. Our play early was so bad that we weren't able to win the game.

It's definitely a different mindset when you know the end is near. The way I look at it is, you've only got a few games left, and you definitely have enough gas to get through those, so you might as well play as hard as you can.

It's kind of like a fresh start. I think everybody fed off of that.

It sucks losing regardless of how close the game is, but I don't think we're miles away.