Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dan is a young man who I feel has a very big up-side. He has great size and good hands. The thing I like most about Dan is that he loves basketball and wants to improve as a player.

Dani played a great game today. She totally dominated inside. She's playing her best basketball right now.

Dale is outstanding with the basketball and he is so much a better finisher and that really helps us. We had a great team effort all around.

Karl Hobbs

Doesn't the record state it? Look at the results. To be quite honest, guys just didn't know Saint Louis. They're a very good basketball team.

Donkey basketball is a very unnecessary fundraiser to have because it is cruel to the animals.

Don't be sad for me. Please don't be sad for me. This is like the MasterCard commercial. You know, it's priceless what God has given me to be the head basketball coach here.

The nice thing today was we had a lot of kids play well and we played very unselfish basketball. That's how we have to play to be successful. We don't have a bunch of superstars. We've just got a bunch of guys who can be pretty good at this game when they play together. I think we proved that today.

The nice thing about volleyball as a sport is that in basketball and other sports, when a match is over someone always is upset with an official and it seems like volleyball is the other way, and especially the way Kelly presents her self. Even losing teams felt they were always given a fair match.

The next morning, he got up early and started practicing his basketball technique. He practiced and practiced and guess what? He made the team.

You try to play your best basketball at the end of the year. We've clearly been playing our best basketball. We just have a feel that we're suppose to win these games.

Jack O'Brien

You try to make a point that it's not just about basketball. But sometimes you can't win.

You tip your hat to them. Sometimes, as a basketball coach, you can get frustrated because it's tough to get them out of that football mode. When you win a championship, you want to enjoy it, put your feet up on the recliner. These guys have to march right back into a long, grueling season. For these kids to do this two years in a row where they don't have any time off from the beginning of football until March, that's impressive.

You think Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and obviously UCLA -- those are four of the greatest traditions of basketball around the country. Just to get the opportunity to go on the court and play there is going to be fun.

The offense and defense starts with Williams. It is a luxury to have a big man who can score around the basket and at the same time set up his teammates.

The numbers she's put up are well deserving of her accomplishments. She always has the other team's best defender on her. She's a heck of a basketball player.

The number one thing for this basketball team is that we got here. Our seniors went out with 22 wins and a sub-state berth, and I am extremely proud of them and all these girls.

The kids stuck with it, they bonded it at the right time and we played our best basketball in the sectional.

The kids played hard. As a coach, that's what you want to happen. We hit some shots (early), forced some turnovers. But they're a good basketball team. They're not here for no reason. They did a good job coming back.

The kids never quit and they continued to battle. Basketball is a game of momentum and I just feel the clock just ran out on us. We didn't get a chance to get that momentum back again.

The kids grow up wanting to play here. It's the Mecca of Section 1 basketball. It's a great basketball environment. We've had nothing but good experiences in this event.

Trent Johnson

The last few games I thought we've been playing better basketball. I didn't want our players to be down or lose sight of how far we've come just because they lost the other night.

Vladimir Radmanovic

The last 30 games, to be honest with you, I don't feel like a basketball player. It's really hard and frustrating, but I tried to stay focused mentally and physically, be ready when I was called.

Tom Burnett

The joke here is that basketball season in football country doesn't start until after the Super Bowl. That's in February.

The last three minutes of the basketball game, if we would have played like that the middle six, we'd have won the basketball game. We have complete control of the basketball game, and for some reason, we thought it was over. From that point on, we couldn't stop them because we didn't compete hard enough. We competed the last three minutes.

Their size is a concern and they are obviously a very skilled basketball team. You don't get to the state tournament and not be an excellent team. We haven't played a lot of zone defense this year but it's something we worked on this week.

Their quickness made us panic a little bit. As long as we took care of the basketball and got a good shot every possession, we were in good shape.

The issue is huge. I don't know if people realize that. Depending on what happens Wednesday, basketball is targeted for change.

Their defensive pressure got to us. We were able to cut the lead at half to 24-19, but then they had us down by nine with four minutes to go. I'm more proud of the character of the kids than I am for their basketball abilities.

The investigation, conducted by a combination of school leaders and an independent district investigator, has revealed no evidence that any student on the team resides outside of the district. Therefore, all students on the girls basketball team are eligible to play this season.

The fans look at the game the way we have presented the game. That's just the way basketball is now and somehow we have to change it back.

Ken Green

The CCS is a very tough section, and to get to the finals of that (tournament) is a major accomplishment. Their strengths are their quickness and their tenacity. They're playing their best basketball right now, so we more than have our hands full.

Mariah Carey

I'm inconsolable at the present time, I was a very good friend of Jordan, he was probably the greatest basketball player this country has ever seen. We will never see his like again.

I mean, basketball was made to have fun.