Blount Quotes

With Mark Blount at the high post, I don't think teams can double- and triple-team Kevin as much. I think Mark Blount and Eddie (Griffin, the starter) both will give us that two-headed center at the high post that will keep them from sagging off on Kevin. - Dwane Casey

Willie Jeffries told me that, and Bill Hayes told me that as well. If you worry what others say about you, then you won't last long in the coaching profession. - Coach Kermit Blount

While we look for limited near-term benefit from this announcement, we believe it creates a significant long-term potential upside opportunity for Apple. - Harry Blount

We've got to try everything to get better and in a groove. I've seen flashes of real good basketball from Mark Blount. I think getting him in the starting lineup will give him a little bit more ownership, a little bit more opportunity to score early in the game. - Dwane Casey

We're constrained on many levels. We subcontract our bread, but because of labor limitations at the bakery, we can't get our signature bread. So we're just taking regular French bread. We don't have enough manpower to cut our own fish, so we are subcontracting the actual filleting. It's a lot easier for us to judge the quality of a whole fish than it is to judge the quality of a fillet. But we don't have that luxury right now. - Rick Blount

We wanted to throw it around a little more because we have to open up this offense some. And in order to run the ball like we want you have to throw it. We want to get a balance where we can move the ball either running it or passing it. - Coach Kermit Blount

We wanted Mark Blount to switch onto James. But we didn't want him to get up into him. Mark got a couple steps too close. - Dwane Casey

We still don't know about him at this point. He was still hobbling around on it. We'll hopefully know more later in the week. - Coach Kermit Blount

We just ask people to stop and think about what the heck you're doing. If you put it in terms of how much water do we really need and how much we use, the difference is considerable. - Paul Blount