Masai Ujiri Quotes

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

There are a handful of legacy clubs like the Dodgers in each league. They're in major markets and have a history of winning where, if you do things right, there's an enormous upside.

I've been on record many times in the past about the challenge of being competitive with NBA teams in smaller markets.

The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

Ronaldo plus Juventus does not guarantee the Champions League. There are so many components in football.

You want to win in the NBA you want to build a culture and teams will always do that and try to win. It's cutthroat. All 30 teams want to be that way whether they are rebuilding, have young players, have a style of play. It doesn't matter, everybody wants to win.

There are teams spending a lot of money and buying top players from all over the world but it is not about money - it is about your team-mates.

Honestly, I think winning changes all of that. It doesn't matter where you are - it could be Timbuktu - if you win, people will watch, they'll follow and they'll support. It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players. Look at the teams that have been successful in the NBA. Yes, you have big, glamorous cities like L.A. But Miami has won, and so has San Antonio. Oklahoma City is a very successful team. They're not the biggest markets.

I wanted to see if I could win a championship in San Antonio.

A lot of what you get done in the NFL is by perception. They perceive you as really talented, and they worry about you. You've got to come out of the locker room with something.

But it's been a learning experience; learning the NBA, learning the travel schedule and certain coaches, their styles, what they like to run out of timeouts, personnel, tendencies.

My experience, especially with the Clippers, has been great.

I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting.

I think that in Atlanta I was hoping that things would have worked out. Once I saw that things weren't going to work out, I saw what was going to be the best situation for me to try to win an NBA championship.

It's not easy to win 60 games in the NBA.

The Spurs are a great organization.

Neymar and Hazard are amazing talents, but the player who gave me most trophies was Diego Costa.

You need talent and good coaching to be successful in the NBA.

We didn't lose a game at home for two years. What are we missing? We have the product on the field. We're exciting.

I don't know if it's a small-market thing or not, but we never get the benefit-of-the-doubt calls like New York, L.A., Miami and the big market teams. That's just the way it is.

It's a unique atmosphere in Utah, that I don't think a lot of other teams have around the league.

I wish Pat Bowlen and the Broncos' organization nothing but the best in the future.

I'm pretty sure every team in the NBA would love to have Paul Pierce on their team.