Quotes from Nick Nurse

I place a lot of value on pace of the game, going after people... always be the aggressor and forcing the issue a little bit when we have the ball, and when we don't have it, we want to come at you, too.

We want to always play with pace on offence.

Most of the places I came from, you gotta do a lot of gunslinging or coaching by the seat of your pants.

I always say we're chasing perfection in an imperfect game.

It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.

I love jazz and blues, where there's a structure, but a lot of the cool stuff is veering off the page and playing.

You're really in a bubble if you're not watching the league.

You look at any roster and you say, 'Geez, he's pretty good. He's pretty good. He's talented. He comes off the bench?' All of a sudden, it's, 'Geez, that's a pretty good roster they got right there.'

For every philosophical idea about how we're going to do things, there has to be a plan to get there, and we have to be able to execute it, first in practice and then in games.

I don't mind physicality in the least - I don't mind it in the least, both ends of the floor.

I know, when I'm walking out on the court before for the game, it's like, man, if you wanna compete, here it is. It's coming. That's something I really enjoy.

We are trying to get away from those traditional centre, power forward type things.

I think we're always chasing a win once the ball goes up.

That's playoff basketball. Can you not get too happy after a win? Can you understand how determined the team is going to be after a loss and bring the energy you need to bring?

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.

An entrepreneur will do whatever they have to do to make sure things get done. Our coaches will be that way; our players will be that way. Just do what it takes.

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

Long time ago, we used to sit around eating popcorn and drawing up plays.

I think there's some certain attitudes and certain guys that can feed some positive energy, and that keeps you going through an 82-game schedule.

I just think there are so many more good, talented players.

Predictability can eventually be defended.

I've had a lot of really good preparation. I've coached a lot of games around the world.

Try to put our guys in different positions, try some different combinations, et cetera, to prepare us for the playoffs, which is what matters.

I was getting a degree in accounting, and I was going to go off and account. And as it worked out, I haven't accounted for anything since.