Whether you're talking about the 70s Knicks or the 90s Knicks, the championship-caliber teams, it all starts with your defense, your rebounding, your willingness to play for each other.
I like to score when I can, but if I can't do that, I like to do the other things - defense, blocking, rebounding.
I don't get a big charge out of being the leading scorer. The object of competing is winning. I just try to do what has to be done for us to win. That might be anything at the time - defense, rebounding, passing. I get great satisfaction out of being a team player.
Here is how it is for women. We become our schedules. That starts to feel good. Then it starts to feel necessary. Then it starts to feel like everything.
When I step on the court, it's not just my shot, I'm trying to get better in all aspects of the game, defense, rebounding.
Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.
Rebounding in practice and rebounding in games are two completely different things.
I was taught to play the game from a total team concept-to be able to do everything reasonably well and some things extraordinarily well. If I'm not shooting well, I'll try to be an asset in other ways-like defense, passing, rebounding, and hustle.
One of my roles is rebounding the ball and not giving up offensive boards, and I feel like I can be one of the best in the league at that.
I do feel like the quarterback of the defense is pretty important, so not having that piece would put a damper on the defense.
I get a lot more confidence winning games playing defense than winning the run-and-gun game.
You can't really teach rebounding. You can teach how to box out, but rebounding, that's something you've got to have in you.
Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.
The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.
I mean, the criticism of Donald Trump is that he could win this race, and that he was doing well and he was rebounding and his numbers in various states were rebounding - and then he went after Miss Universe and talked about her being too fat and talked about women's looks again, and women don't like that...