Quotes by Nate McMillan

“During free agency, you mark down a few guys that are on your radar screen.”

“Theyre firing coaches left and right in the league. I had to take the money. Its not like teams are showing any loyalty to coaches, right?”

“We werent sharp with our execution, including me. We didnt work hard enough to get the ball in the spots where it needed to go.”

“This game just shows you where we are as a team. A young, inexperienced team needs to learn how to keep control of the game when they have the lead and finish a game.”

“Dixon came to my office after the game and was the first to apologize to me and to the team. He just got frustrated, thought he was fouled. He really felt badly about it.”

“I am encouraged by the fact that weve been in two games against two very good teams, we had control of the game. When you have the lead, you dont drop your heads. Thats when you go even harder.”

“I think it just shows you where we are as a team. We are a young, inexperienced team that is trying to learn to finish a game. You saw some of our maturity and inexperience come out when the game got tight and got frustrating. We almost gave this game away. Hopefully we learn from this.”

“I think for both of us, the way we entered the league and what we had to do to have success helped us become coaches. We werent superstars. We really had to work.”

“That city should be more excited about the Super Bowl than Nate McMillan coming back.”

“We didnt show up, and theres no reason for that. I know we played last night, but to come out and just not be ready to play, that shouldnt happen.”