We were able to get after the rebounds. We were able to control the paint. We were able to be physical down there.

I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter.

The Finals are about a test of wills.

That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

It's not tough at all as long as the fans are yelling, screaming and hollering.

The players have to come and play. Today we did.

What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.

I don't play them a lot of minutes. I have great starters. I have All-Stars, world champions.

We joke around a lot with our ballclub.

You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football.

I wake up each morning with grateful gladness.

Be effective not just efficient. Do right things not just things right.

What we don't understand we can make mean anything.

For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough.

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother for the first time ever. I feel like I've confronted her, and the confrontation goes on.

Photography Cannot Record Abstract Ideas (Title of a 16x20 inch photograph depicting an index card on which that phrase is handwritten.)

The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is aware of a hidden meaning within the destruction of meaning.

The strongest logos tell simple stories.