I’m very disappointed with my players, they were terrible in this game today against Korea. I was expecting to lose by 10 points, not 21. This is very sad. I brought to this tournament the best players we have in Taiwan, and the most experienced too. Two of them are above 35 years. (Ling Yao Hung, Taiwan’s coach)

It’s not just a matter of the right game tempo. We have to play with unbelievable passion and unbelievable intensity and unbelievable desire to beat the best team in this tournament.

You can look at a game like that from a strategic perspective. But more than anything you have to rip your hearts out of your chests, throw them on the court and compete until you drop dead. And I think that’s the bottom line. You have to play with tremendous confidence and very, very strong faith and belief in your ability. And if you do that then maybe we can surprise people. Not just by winning. What are our chances of doing that? But keeping it close and giving them a great game, maybe scaring them a bit. If we can do that, I think that would be a huge success. I think that in itself would be a great achievement.