Zydrunas Ilgauskas Quotes (19 Quotes)

I've been shooting it well from the line this year. I was able to make them. Sometimes they go in and sometimes they don't. When they go in, it makes you look good.

We just came out flat against a good team and when you do that on the road, you pay for it. We just got down by too many points.

If I do get picked it would be a great honor, but other players are having really good seasons. I think they should take a lot more guys from Detroit than they usually do. Everybody knows Ben Wallace, but they should take at least two more from that team. If that happens, I won't mind getting the rest.

We couldn't close the game. These last few games could have gone either way. It's hard. We knew that they play hard. They are young but they play hard.

Nothing he does surprises me anymore. He's just a terrific player. He's a tremendous luxury to have, knowing he can go out there any time and put up numbers like that.

I've gone through a lot in the last eight years. All the work to put my body in shape to play in the NBA paid off. I was thinking about that when we made the playoffs, but this is hopefully just the first step. This team is good enough to win in the playoffs, too.

From a basketball standpoint, this team is going up. And I wanted to be a part of it.

Tonight we got inside and got fouled a lot. We tried to play the inside-outside game, and it worked well for us as we got to the free-throw line.

I think it's going to be a little different for him because he's going to play the same team so many times. But we're going to see an even better side of him because he's going to be able to adjust.

With us being really thin at small forward, it's not good. But this time of year, that's usually when it happens.

I have been shooting well from the line this year. I was able to step up tonight and make them. Sometimes they don't go in. What can I say Tonight they did.

This team went through a lot of ups and downs, injuries to Larry (Hughes) , losing streaks. People doubted us, expected us to falter.

I thought that was the way it always would be, you play the regular season and go to the playoffs. Little did I know that it would be a long time before I got back and it really makes me appreciate it.

I'll keep growing it for the playoffs. The beard is part of the body and any contact should be a foul.

It's hard to contain a player like him the whole game. Sooner or later, he's going to get rolling. We did a good job on him in the first half. In the second half, he made some shots and his confidence was up and he started rolling.

Andy can't grow hair anywhere except his head.

I got him first with the elbow, but mine was unintentional. Of course I was not happy, but you can't afford to get suspended for something like that. I'm trying to make plays and my team needs me.

That's back when I had a full head of hair.

From what I've seen, he loves being here. I don't know what's going to happen in the future. But all of us would like to see No. 23 hanging in the rafters, and I think we'll see that.