Football Quotes by Nick Nurse

I'm gonna back my players.

— Nick Nurse

I like to play aggressive, in general.

— Nick Nurse

Phil Handy played for me in England and has obviously risen to stardom in his area of what he does.

— Nick Nurse

Esthetically, let's move the ball. Let's guard people. Let's fight.

— Nick Nurse

At some point in your life, you try to self-reflect and ask yourself, 'Why do I want to win so bad?'

— Nick Nurse

It's really an organizational job with a football team to watch them go through their day.

— Nick Nurse

In a game, I'm locked in. I maybe notice three rows in the stands the arena over, and that's it.

— Nick Nurse

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

— Nick Nurse

When I started coaching, I wanted to find out quickly if I could do it.

— Nick Nurse

I think we're always chasing a win once the ball goes up.

— Nick Nurse

You look at any roster and you say, 'Geez, he's pretty good. He's pretty good. He's talented. He comes off the bench?'…

— Nick Nurse

My goal early in becoming a head coach so young was to find out if I could do it. I just wanted…

— Nick Nurse

I didn't think reaching the NBA was a possibility when I coached Derby in 1990. I was right out of college when…

— Nick Nurse

I call Kawhi the best team player in the league. He really does everything: he defends. He scores. He has been grabbing…

— Nick Nurse

In the regular season, they all only count for one win or one loss. But for a team or coaching staff, these…

— Nick Nurse

Sometimes, I don't enjoy the wins, and I don't enjoy the losses, but I'm here just to get the result and get…

— Nick Nurse

When I came back to England after my stint with Derby in 1995, I really wanted more time to study coaching.

— Nick Nurse

That's your worry as a head coach: Are you going to go in there, give them everything you've got, and are they…

— Nick Nurse

I just want to keep getting better. People used to ask me - when I was winning in the D-League - why…

— Nick Nurse

I was in love with the triangle because it was so different to what everybody was doing in the NBA. Everybody else…

— Nick Nurse

The Energy job was probably the key. It kind of transitioned me back into the States. It gave me a link to…

— Nick Nurse

People asked me, 'Why aren't you doing something more important?' When I was doing well in the D-League, they were like, 'Why…

— Nick Nurse

I think a lot of personnel decisions come down to who's the best player today, like if we had to throw 'em…

— Nick Nurse

I think it's really important that we get an experienced staff. Guys that have been a head coach, to me, at some…

— Nick Nurse

Fifty-nine or 54 or 52 or 49 wins isn't going to mean a whole lot. What's going to mean a whole lot…

— Nick Nurse

It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed.…

— Nick Nurse

You're really in a bubble if you're not watching the league.

— Nick Nurse

I've had a lot of really good preparation. I've coached a lot of games around the world.

— Nick Nurse

You've got to coach with what you have and who's available.

— Nick Nurse

I believe in getting the ball up the floor and trying to take advantage of transition opportunities.

— Nick Nurse

I think I jumped the gun a bit on head coaching. I got named a head coach at 23, and I really…

— Nick Nurse

As an assistant, you are grinding it out and churning out work like there are not enough hours in the day, really.…

— Nick Nurse

Chemistry kind of builds all season. It's not like we say, 'OK, it's game one, and now we've got our chemistry.' I…

— Nick Nurse

I think there's some certain attitudes and certain guys that can feed some positive energy, and that keeps you going through an…

— Nick Nurse

I said it when I got hired. I said, for five years, I had a 1,000 people telling me I was going…

— Nick Nurse

Football is a pretty complex numbering system most of the time: run the three back through the four hole, things like that.…

— Nick Nurse

I know, when I'm walking out on the court before for the game, it's like, man, if you wanna compete, here it…

— Nick Nurse

I know the 'big spending club v. smaller club' theme is popular in the Premier League. I don't think about it -…

— Nick Nurse

I've known Adrian Griffin for quite awhile now and always had him as my 'when I get a job, I want to…

— Nick Nurse

I place a lot of value on pace of the game, going after people... always be the aggressor and forcing the issue…

— Nick Nurse