Hey, everybody knew when you were playing Clark it was a game to pad your stats. I also knew it was a game I was going to play a lot.

I knew the weather was going to be my biggest challenge. We're playing the waiting game, waiting for the weather to stabilize. I was hoping to start on Jan. 1, but it's been snowing and snowing. I knew that was part of the deal.

We're a better team when I'm on the floor and up until the Houston game, I was playing well. The seniors need me out there. Hassan needs me out there to help out and I do a better job as far as disrupting teams when I'm out there and we're a better team when I'm out there. I think everybody can see that.

He's not as loose and happy go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is. When you're a manager, the team lives and dies on your decision and at the end of the day you have to answer for the way your team plays,

He's not as loose and happy-go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is. When you're a manager, the team lives and dies on your decision and at the end of the day you have to answer for the way your team plays, ... As far as him quitting, I hope not, I'd like to come back here next year, but he has to do whatever's best for him, best for his family and best for his health.

I just kept telling them, 'Hey look, you can't keep starting in a hole every game. You can't keep playing catch up all the time. And all of a sudden in the second half, we rattled off those 40 points.