San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has not a dull moment throughout the first 31 games of the season. Following his team's 119-100 Christmas Day win over the Chicago Bulls, the man at the helm was overjoyed with his team's performance and promptly got called out for it.

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio News-Express alerted the 67-year-old coach he'd been using the word “happy” a lot lately, to which he responded:

“You should call me on that more. I’m getting soft in my old age,” said Popovich.

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The Spurs have kept their consistency, winning 11 of their last 13 games, and now improving on the defensive aspect, showing effort for longer than a quarter, thing Pop had previously knocked his team for.

San Antonio (25-6) will host the cellar-dwelling Phoenix Suns (9-21) on Wednesday in efforts to push their winning streak to three games.