Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is a building block. We are getting better, the kids are starting to learn the offense and the flow and I'm proud of them. I think we are playing discipline basketball and our sportsmanship is there.

This is a nationally ranked basketball team. They can play with anybody.

Skip Bertman

This is a modest increase in our ticket price in order for us to continue to move forward our basketball programs. One of our short term goals is to begin a feasibility study for a new basketball practice facility for both our men's and women's basketball teams, and this move is the first step in making that happen.

This is actually kind of a surprise. If I would have voted, I would voted for (NIC women's basketball coach) Chris Carlson, because he had a fantastic year. I give all the credit to the players on the field.

This is a big basketball community. Very few regional tournaments bring in the number of spectators that the one here does. It is a large event for here. All the participating schools bring large numbers of fans to our area. Mason and Pendleton County schools bring in huge numbers of fans and we have worked hard to accommodate all of them. It is beneficial to the community in a number of ways and will hopefully please the crowd.

This is a big accomplishment for me to play in this event. Everybody is always talking about how good I am at football and everything, but to get to come to this basketball camp is an honor.

This is a basketball team that had our number last year. I am very proud of our team. FIU is one of the most physical teams in our league and it showed tonight.

This has been a very resilient basketball team and a very focused basketball team. This is a basketball team that has really flinched. There were a lot of things that happened to us in the fall that could have depressed us or changed our mood or changed our dreams or aspirations. But that really hasn't occurred. Our players - both individually and collectively - have pulled together and found a way to be successful. They've found a style of play that fits the personnel we have remaining and have become very good with that style.

This has been a dream ever since I have been at McCutcheon, to win a sectional basketball championship. Coach P really put it on us. He said we have to have a look in our eyes that we want to compete. We definitely did right after he said that.

They showed us what playoff basketball is all about. It will be good for us to have gone through this if we learn from it.

They showed us what playoff basketball is about. It was good for us to go through. We've experienced some ups and downs in the past and we've bounced back before. So I'm going to spin this into a positive and say that this butt-kicking was a good lesson for us on both ends of the floor.

They're used to getting up early in the morning. They're just not used to playing basketball then. So we're going to have to do something.

They're used to competition, and they love the competition. The pressure doesn't seem to make them want to back off. If anything it might make them step up to that next level, which is where you've got to be able to get, and hopefully these kids will be able to do that in basketball as the next few weeks unwind.

They're the type of kids that set the stage. These freshmen we have now, all they talk about is Sally and Sarah, Sally and Sarah, and the only thing they talk about in terms of basketball is how hard they play. They've set the stage high and, hopefully, we'll be able to keep that.

Steve Alford

They've got an incredible resume, this is a very good basketball team, and we know that. They aren't going to be intimidated or worry about playing a Big Ten opponent.

Mike Harris

They told me exactly what style of basketball they like to run, which is up and down the court. They're just great coaches all around there. (New Rochelle) was beautiful and I felt loved as soon as I got there. It felt like my family.

They (the fans) are never going to forget to go to football games. This is a dominant football school. But we're trying to get basketball up there with the football program.

Byron Scott

They said he was going to be out a minimum of two weeks and he misses one game. It just shows you the type of person that he is. He's doing some unbelievable things for this basketball team. It just shows the type of character (he has).

They switched-up their defense in the third, our offense is different when Josh (Smith) is denied the ball. We need to battle basket for basket with a team as talented as Thornton.

They stepped up and made plays and made free throws. We had a lot of nice looks at the basket and didn't make shots. They did and we didn't.

They say every village in Oaxaca, like Chiapas, has a basketball court. Sometimes there's not much else there.

They push it to the basket hard, but they usually kick it to the shooters. So we were actually stopping threes first, and (then trying) not to give up any twos.

Sheryl Swoopes

And I just think right now, we're clicking (on) all cylinders offensively, defensively; we're moving the ball, we're making other teams have to work on defense. And when you're playing basketball like that, you're going to be pretty tough to beat.

A lot of people gave up on our basketball team. But I knew we were playing well. We lost some games, but we just weren't shooting the ball well. We never used it as motivation. We just kept our confidence.

A lot of people buy floor seats for the basketball season and pay $2,000 each without batting an eye, ... People spend money to get a great seat at Yankee Stadium, the World Series, or the opera. People who spend that kind of money at restaurants instead are restaurant enthusiasts, and they are willing to pay whatever to get whatever they want.

A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players.

They didn't used to execute as well in the half-court (offense). Wendy's done a really good job of getting the kids to execute in the half-court. It used to be one or two passes and put it up. They never had to do anything else. But they've really made an adjustment. They're really playing very good basketball now. They've taken the hits with all the injuries and built something.

They didn't get very many good looks at the basket and I think that was the key to the game. The points they did score didn't come very easy.

Eddie Jordan

They execute their roles and play at a high level. That's how good basketball teams win, when the top guys play at the highest level.

They are a solid basketball team and we know they will challenge us for the district. We will have to be ready for their best and match their intensity.

They are a really physically, strong basketball team that plays so smart. They execute really well, and they have a real exciting freshman in Griffin. With Hardy they've got one of the best playmakers in the league, and their post players are so solid.

They are a very good basketball team and we're going to have our hands full. We're going to continue to work hard and we're not going to back down from them.

They are a very good basketball team and we knew that coming in. They deserved to win this game because they did everything they needed to do to win. We didn't do that... . They were at least 23 points better than us tonight, if not more.