Nba Championships Quotes

I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better.

It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.

I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy.

It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world.

We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive.

Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result.

I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

Steve held us to a high standard. He told us he was going to when we first met him at the USA camp. He's been a great leader. I mean, the guy always keeps his composure. He has an amazing mind for the game, and man, Steve, I'm just proud of him. The way he's balanced everybody and let us know what our roles are, he's been great for us. Him and the whole coaching staff. We all deserve this together, we work so hard.

I'm not skilled enough to explain properly how we feel. Not only me, but I'm sure Tony and Tim and Pop feel the same way. Last year was a tough one for all of us. We felt like we had the trophy, that we were touching it, and it slipped away. We all felt guilty. We got to this spot, and we didn't let it go.

I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.

Yeah, I know there's been all this talk this year especially about the 3-point shot and can you win shooting it. There's a lot of different styles that can work. You have to base it on your own personnel.

All 14 guys on the team have sacrificed something to get to this point.

Not even thinking about anything. My mind is a blank. We just want to enjoy the moment.

So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft.

I've been blessed with an amazing group of guys in my first year, I can't believe how lucky I am.

If that's the last image of Michael Jordan...how magnificent is it!?

Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

We want to get another one.

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.

LeBron doesn't have any weaknesses, or he doesn't have a glaring weakness. So you've got to pick up on the smaller things to try to make him uncomfortable. Like knowing which side he likes to shoot threes off the dribble, which side he likes to drive. One side he'll drive left more often, and the other side he'll drive right more often.

I'm proud of everybody in our organization. Not every story has a happy ending. Doesn't mean it's a bad story.

We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.

I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.

All that's missing for Utah is a blindfold and a cigarette.

During one of the 4th quarter huddles, LeBron said to him, 'It doesn't matter what happens to this point. No one is going to remember how many points you had or what type of game you had. Just help us make some plays to win this thing.' And he made some big plays.

The common denominator is that we have guys who are really hungry to show what they can do.

We've been able to handle any team that you guys put in front of us. We've had confidence since day one. ... We feel like any team we play against, we've got what it takes to put ourselves in a position to win.

'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal!

For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs.

I can speak volumes about the guy sitting next to me. You look at his stat line tonight, he had a lot of foul trouble and didn't really get going, but when he was in there, he was defending. He was playing physical, and he was doing everything he could to help us win.

He has become a great leader of his team, a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team.

This was an unbelievable experience.

And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling.

We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well.

They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that.

It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but both teams had to deal with it.

It was an honor to coach him. He should be proud of what he did this year.

I'm feeling better after the game than I did when I came off the floor with cramps. ... I was going to try to give it a go, and 'Spo said 'No.' You know, after I came out of the game, they kind of took off. And it was frustrating sitting out and not being able to help the team.

I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it.

We did what we are supposed to. We protected home. We have to try to do it again Thursday night.

I don't know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars.

I'm a guy who is just trying to be successful in whatever I do, and I give everything to my teammates, give everything to the coaching staff. When you fall short, it hurts and it eats at you, and it hurts me to know that I wish I could have done better and done more and just put a little bit more effort or whatever the case may be to help us get over the hump. But it just wasn't our time.

Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not make the playoffs or lose in The Finals? I don't know. I don't know. I've missed the playoffs twice. I lost in The Finals four times. I'm almost starting to be like I'd rather not even make the playoffs than to lose in The Finals. It would hurt a lot easier if I just didn't make the playoffs and I didn't have a shot at it.

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

The group of guys I have... They are playing off straight motivation.

We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.