Nick Nurse

“I think switching is like a lot of things. You can do it - it's a game plan - but you better do it well. You better practise it.”

“Predictability can eventually be defended.”

“I tried to convince those guys at the Bullets in the '95-'96 season that they could try to beat the mighty London Towers, who won everything the year before. I got out of bed every day with the mindset of getting the team to Wembley for the play-off final and to win the championship.”

“I think it's really important that we get an experienced staff. Guys that have been a head coach, to me, at some level is important to me. I value head coaching just because it's good to know what it's like to be the decision maker.”

“I'm a guy that, when there's something rolling out there, the predetermined rotations might go right in the garbage can.”

“Football is a pretty complex numbering system most of the time: run the three back through the four hole, things like that. We kind of do the same thing - the three man sets for the four, or whatever.”

“I think there's always enough right in front of me worrying about who's playing the minutes tomorrow, but you've always got to have an eye on a year or two from now and what those guys will do if you think, 'Well, let's give them a full year at the 905 and see how they progress.'”

“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.”

“Your big has to be able to make 'em pay from the perimeter.”

“I call Kawhi the best team player in the league. He really does everything: he defends. He scores. He has been grabbing huge rebounds. He is a leader. His competitive spirit to win rubs off on everybody.”

“I understand there are bumps in the road. I understand there's a lot of noise that I don't want to listen to, and I just try to do my job to the best of my ability.”

“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 like to have an attacking style on both ends.”

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

“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 think it's all machismo - 'Come on, you've got to guard your guy, man. If you can't guard your guy, then you can't play defence.' A lot of it is accountability, where you say, 'Hey, you're matched up with him. Go do your job.' The zone kind of sometimes moves a lot of pieces around.”

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

“If you ask what my philosophy is, my philosophy is kind of like an entrepreneurial philosophy.”

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

“I've always been like that: after a loss, I go home and pass out and don't give it another thought. When I'm winning, I'm too excited.”