Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Augustine

That's why I'm not so emotional about it. It's more of a basketball game than Senior Night. If we don't come out ready to play, they're going to beat us.

That's why A.B. is the best basketball player in this part of the state. In the first half, he wanted to get everyone else into the flow, and we were a little stagnant.

That's who we wanted (to play). They're playing great basketball. We're excited.

Damon Jones

That's what myself and Donyell were brought here to do ? create space for (James). We were able to make shots and open the floodgates up. He was able to get to the basket and was able to make plays for Z on the inside. It was a total team effort.

That's what makes college basketball, chanting names and antagonizing the other team. It's a good thing for us to see.

That team knows how to shoot the basketball. I've been doing this a long time and never saw a team shoot like that before, especially from the perimeter. They were phenomenal.

That's just college basketball for you. Any minute, a team can lose.

Byron Scott

That's just a very good basketball team. They come with their hard hats on every night. They're not going to make a lot of mistakes.

That's gonna be fun, ... I love the tension. I love when everything's going wrong ... In the NBA, they don't promote guys like me. They like guys who like Cheerios, good guys. But I find a way to promote myself.

Phil Jackson

That's not what basketball is about. Basketball is about playing as a team and finding a functioning level.

That's not how we wanted to come out in the second half. We talked about focusing more on defense and coming out focused in the second half. It came down to possession basketball and we didn't take care of our possessions well at all.

Adam Morrison

That's just a sign of a great program and great people. They had enough guts as a man in their moment of victory to pick another man up off the floor. That's more than basketball and I would thank them if I could.

That's great for Plano. It shows how much basketball talent we have in Plano.

Maurice Cheeks

That game was a prime example of a team effort and a team really trying not to lose a basketball game.

That game right there is how basketball should be played.

That game hurt. I remember everything about it. They were very big and played like a basketball team. They scored two of their goals on long throw-ins in front of the net to several players who were at least 6-foot-4 and headed the ball in.

Jim Calhoun

Albany was magnificent for 30 minutes. We were equally, if not better or more magnificent, the last 10 minutes of the basketball game.

Rasheed Wallace

Ain't no pressure games or big games for us. We're just playing. We're just playing basketball.

You would think that his lifelong dream was to coach a team that won a state championship, but he wasn't really thinking about basketball when he started here. Once he took the job, he got so serious and watched and learned. His teams pride themselves on defense, which makes them fun to watch.

You should never play at home on the second night of back-to-backs. Your home fans deserve the best you can give them. If you need to, play all your back-to-backs on the road, and never on national TV. They've done that, and sometimes the basketball is not the best.

Jerry Sloan

You see what championship basketball is all about.

Your violations have caused significant embarrassment to the university and continue to cause disruption to the men's basketball program.

Geno Auriemma

Your philosophy in basketball will get you to a certain point. After that, you need individuals to take you to the next step.

Rick Barnes

You're not playing this time of year if you're not a good basketball team.

You're looking at Miss Basketball. You're looking at one of the best post players the state of Indiana has ever seen. The kid is so mentally tough and an outstanding basketball player. She's a great leader on and off the floor, (and) she's going to score nine out of 10 times if she gets the ball on the block.

You're going to have days when you don't have a great game. We've got a great basketball team and I hope the NCAA will take a look at that.

Whitey Ford

You never forget games like that. When you lose like that, you always remember it. We know they're going to be ready for us. Temple's a great basketball team, and they're coming off of two huge wins, so we know they're going to be prepared.

Think of the basketball metaphor, ... He sees the whole court.

They set the tone for what college basketball is today.

They (Seton Hall) were very well prepared and we were just not a good basketball team tonight.

Avery Johnson

They were in sync. It really shows how great of a team sport basketball can be when you have everybody on the same page.

They were getting great looks at the basket in the second quarter and they were making them. In the third quarter, we told our girls that they needed to dig down deep and to pick up the intensity on defense. We were able to battle back in the game.

They were disappointed. ... They could've had an opportunity to go through league undefeated again, which is a pretty tough deal to do. ... But it's gone, and we'll have to play smart basketball the rest of the way to stay in first place.