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

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

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.

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.

But I am tired of everyone being gone, and I am tired of everything that has tired me out for the last five years of my life.

Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover.

I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And that feeling sorta went with us to Nashville - everything was just natural.

Ambition, in one respect, is like a singer's voice; pitched at too high a key, it breaks and comes to nothing.

Philosophers are often actively disinterested in what happens between the cup and the lips (after all, that's "non-ideal theory").

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Every challenge is a disguised opportunity for salvation.

Chemotherapy is a good thing even though it kills healthy cells. But we still hope for something better. We'd like to prevent cancer in the first place.

Pain is evitable. Suffering is optional.

It is part of a sailor's life to die well.