Nick Nurse Quotes

I love coaches that think more about attacking than defending. As a football fan, I think that's wonderful.

I know my background was defense, but I'm not a defensive coach who wants to win 9-7 every week.

I'm comfortable playing aggressively.

I know there are certain times you have to be smart with the football but I'm a gunslinger, I've always been a gunslinger and that's just what I'm gonna do.

I think the more aggressive I am on defense helps me to get easier buckets and get in a good grove.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

I never really looked at myself as a scorer, but if the shot is there, I'm certainly going to take it.

This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

I'm one of the best finishers in the business, so I went for it.

Critics who have said a safer shot here or there would undoubtedly have won me a few more tournaments are probably correct. Going for the green in two was who I was as a boy - and it's who I remain as a man.

My advantage is attacking, regardless of who's in front of me. That's my advantage. And I've got to use my advantage to help my team and help myself.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

My style is to stay on the offensive: to take risks, to recover very fast when you make a mistake, but to keep moving forward.

I'm not one of the guys that's going to hold back and try to win on points.

You get into the game and you know you're probably not going to be in there long. It's like, while I'm in here, I better not mess up. That's the completely wrong mentality to have. That works against how I play because how I play is 150 percent, going all out, going crazy.

If someone's going to throw me in, I'm not gong to try and hit a ground ball to third, you know? I'm going to try and hit it in the air. If someone's going to throw me away, I'm not going to try and hit a ground ball to second, I'm going to drive it to right-center.

I like to play aggressively, and it just lets me go for even more shots.

Whether I'm starting or coming off the bench, bigs have to protect the rim and can't give nothing easy to nobody.

I feel like I need to find ways to disrupt the other team and apply that pressure they might not be used to. I think being able to set that tone is something I'm priding myself on.

It's a conscious effort for me to be aggressive and take what the defense gives you.

I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.

Every play, I'm trying to get as many shots on the opposing team as I can, so when you get to the fourth quarter, they obviously don't want to be on the field anymore.