Quotes by Jeff Bzdelik

“My heart goes out to Nick. He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, but now our target for his return is the conference opener against BYU on January 5. He has had a rough road physically in his three years here, but if anyone is tough enough to come back from this kind of adversity, its Nick Welch.”

“My heart goes out to Nick, ... He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, but now our target for his return is the conference opener against BYU on January 5. He has had a rough road physically in his three years here, but if anyone is tough enough to come back from this kind of adversity, its Nick Welch.”

“Were not going to change the system theyve been using here too much, ... Perhaps theyve stumbled onto something, kind of like Coach (Fisher) DeBerry has done in football. Hes run that offense for decades, and it works. Thats the right fit for his football team, and maybe this system is the right fit for us.”

“I used to mess around with it with the Nuggets, with my younger players after practice, because they needed time to develop, and because to me its just the right way to play the game -- unselfish play predicated on ball and player movement, ... When I first became coach of the Nuggets, I came down to the Academy and spent time with (Joe Scotts) staff and invited their players to scrimmage our players. I knew the Air Force players would make our guys chase them defensively. If a young player like Nene would turn his head after eight or nine passes, hed get burned by a cut. It really helped us.”

“The players know this system, and they feel good about the fact that its brought them success,”

“I think its the right way to play here at the Academy,”

“is doing great. Lets face it, hes a young man. There is a lot of pressure. Opening night it was [San Antonios] Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan [defending him]. The next night, Houston had the long arms and is very athletic. Hes playing great.”

“We had the tempo the way we wanted it. It was a great win against a great opponent.”

“[Though other teams have expressed doubts about Millers leadership, saying he was too quiet and passive during his season in L.A., the Nuggets are confident they have the right man.] Andre is a hungry, driven young man who wants a team that plays with discipline and unselfishness, ... He wants what we have, and we want what he has.”

“Hes played very well,”