On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

- Joe Dumars

We can talk about the value of sportsmanship on one hand, and on the other hand, the leading shots, highlights ... you see every night are the outrag…

- Joe Dumars

Any coach worth his salt will take a look at that and say, 'I'll take my chances with that'

- Joe Dumars

Everyone is more focused on presenting the best that the league has to offer, rather than the worst.

- Joe Dumars

I didn't so much think I needed to address the shooting need. What we needed was somebody who could come in and play the two-three (shooting guard-sm…

- Joe Dumars

You lose that sacred-cow status when you lose three straight years.

- Joe Dumars

I think the (brawl) made the league and the players more conscious of our responsibility to the public.

- Joe Dumars

The one thing that I really want, ... is for our second group to be an energy unit. That's what we had in our championship run, and that's what I thi…

- Joe Dumars

We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.

- Joe Dumars