Leandro BARBOSA (BRA)

"We are facing high-level national teams, learning how to overcome the difficulties which each game makes us face"
Brazil star Leandro Barbosa after Sunday's Stankovic Cup triumph over China.


"It is clear to see that after only two games against them, Spain are in brilliant form"
Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez after losing against Spain in the Philips Singapore Cup.


"He is a player with a nose for the ball. The ball looks for him and he looks for the ball"
Puerto Rico coach Julio Toro on Angelo Reyes, a player whose place in the FIBA World Championship squad is in doubt due to injury.


"If Pinnock joins the team, we should take one player out of the squad, and we thought that would not be fair"
Panamanian Basketball Federation president Miguel Sanchis on why JR Pinnock will not be joining the team despite having his passport problem solved.


Most of the teams that have come here are just fine tuning, but we're coming on in leaps and bounds with every game we play"
Australian coach Brian Goorjian exudes confidence after the Boomers' upset of France in the Stankovic Cup.


"I'm not too angry about our results in the tournament. I think it was a good tournament for us with strong opposition"
Dragan Sakota, the Serbia & Montenegro coach, after his team beat Argentina but lost to Spain and Slovenia in the Singapore Cup.


"It was a very tough match for us but finally we have won one game in Singapore"
Slovenia coach Ales Pipan after his players defeated Serbia & Montenegro following defeats to Spain and Argentina.


"We know that we have not played well since we left Argentina, but I am not pessimistic either. It's not a tragedy"
Argentina superstar Manu Ginobili is frustrated after losing two of three game in Singapore.


"We still have one more week before the start of the World Championship and I would't like to think we have peaked right now because the moment for us to be on top is during the elimination games"
Spain captain Carlos Jimenez after his team finished their preparation campaign for Japan unbeaten.


"They did not let us play and we could not manage to find a solution to that. That is why it looks like Spain had an enormous superiority over us"
Argentina forward Walter Herrmann on his side's second defeat to Spain inside a week.