Mike Budenholzer

I'm going to get better as a coach. Or at least I certainly hope to and plan to and need to work to, and have that as my mindset.

Lots of coaches like to draw up a play in a timeout and most, if not all of them, are drawn up against man-to-man type coverages and defenses.

John Collins has been a great offensive rebounder since jump street.

I think individually, Al Horford is very special, very unique. He's a guy that can kind of be the backbone of the defense.

To add a player in the draft is something we always look forward to.

If we're competing and we're doing the daily fundamental things that we talk about every day, then everything will sort itself out.

I think people know how we feel about the international game and the European game and how we can learn from each other.

The really great players, I think embrace playing unselfishly and embrace playing in a system that ultimately kind of lifts up their teammates or their role players and guys who are around them.

It is always the great challenge when you have a good team and you have good players and you find a way to keep those players with you, then how do you add around the edges?

Any player that values winning, success would be great in a system that emphasizes unselfishness and ball movement and player movement.

Getting swept is hard.

I would love to be the best defensive team in the league.

We have so much respect for European basketball.

If you have the right kind of guys who are pushing each other and at the same time supporting each other, it's pretty cool.

Any time your season ends it eats at you.

You never want to put yourself in a position where you can bring negativity to yourself or the organization and your teammates.

Every team has to work through things.

My dad was a huge influence on me. He taught me how to play and a lot about the game. He was very passionate and intense. As I started coaching, he wanted to tell me about all of the presses and man-to-man coverages and big philosophical things.

Growing up in a small community where everybody knows everybody, it was a lot of fun. Great friends, great memories.

There are so many pick and rolls in an NBA game. It's so hard to guard.