It was certainly an adjustment I had to make coming in as a young player all those years ago, ... I needed to develop discipline to stay focused because as a rookie, you just want to play. But training is so important.

It's disappointing. The young player was just coming into the team and making his way. He would have come into our thoughts.

From beginning to end, they had a lot of energy. They were a lot more hungry than we were. Tonight we needed everybody from our starters to our bench players to give us a lift. I struggled on down to the last person off the bench.

We're a great team, not just one or two players. ... If one goes down, another steps up. We bounce right back. Nothing keeps us down.

It feels great to feel what all the other champions have felt, ... Feeling the pain I felt so many years in Sacramento not being able to get over the hump.

Even though we won, our backs are still against the wall, ... Houston has four great players and we know they're not going to quit. We know that.