Shane Battier Best Quotations

Mike has consistently been our second best player behind Pau. He has been fun to watch and fun to play with. He put together a complete season, and I?m glad he got rewarded for it.

The (team) dynamic is less dynamic, less volatile than last year when it was up and down. Our veterans have brought calmness, a steadfast attitude where those guys say, 'Hey, stay with who we are.' This is the best I have ever felt about our team.

We all know we didn't have our best showing. They're really good here and they have a lot of confidence here.

That's what I was taught. You do the best you can.

They did a good job of using it (Garnett's ejection) as motivation to play harder. And we let up a bit. We didn't do a good job of taking advantage of their best player being out.

They did a good job of using that as motivation. I think we let up a little bit and didn't take advantage of having their best player out of the game.

We showed our maturity. We didn't play our best first half and yet we were up a point. We executed better in the second half. Execution is about making plays.