Famous Quotes & Sayings

Goose Creek has never been there. Hey, I told our guys I've been in basketball a long time and never had this experience. I thanked them for giving me this opportunity to be in this position.

Great basketball teams are great during crunch time. I don't think we gave them the game. They stepped up and took it from us.

Billy Donovan

For our basketball team, it was a tale of two halves. In the first half, our guys were very, very impatient on offense. We didn't have the ball movement and the player movement we needed to have. We had good ball movement and player movement and we shot 57 percent in the second half. If we would have played similar to that and rebounded like we did in the first half, it would have been a different game. We couldn't put it all together.

For the past two weeks she has played the most complete basketball for us at both ends of the court.

Ellen DeGeneres

I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.

I figured I was going to keep going at them, keep being aggressive. They beat us up underneath the basket ... and we were just trying to fight them. I think we won the battle tonight.

I figured it will keep me in shape for basketball,

I figured if we could hold them to 49 we would have a chance. I think our kids played a tough basketball game in the second half.

If he were here, he would have loved this. He loved basketball and basketball loved him. I wish he could be here tonight.

I felt we had a good basketball team. To win 23 of our last 25 says a lot about the kids. They're not a team that quits.

Ernie Kent

If ever a team needed a win, it was certainly this basketball team.

Jim Calhoun

If I haven?t changed, then I know I wouldn?t be sitting here today, ... You don?t coach college basketball in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and now the 2000s, unless you make changes. The outside wrapper is probably a little different, but the values are the same.

George Karl

I came here wanting to be a basketball coach and not wanting to be a politician, not wanting to be a disciplinarian. I like the gym. I like being with the team and I like coaching. And this is not a fun part of coaching.

Jim Calhoun

I can still see Calvin Murphy getting 62 points, and I can still see flashbacks from the pictures of Wilt getting 100, ... You go from the biggest to the smallest. The wonders of the game, from the guys playing pickup to the kids shooting in Indiana to the inner city kid who finds a way out through the sport of basketball - and I don't mean necessarily to the NBA - are embodied in this game. It doesn't take wealth or pure size. It takes heart, repetition, talent. All that stuff is embodied in the game. When I walk through that building, it's embodied there.

I definitely think this basketball team can go as far as we have ever gone in Hampton history.

I can't tell you how many times, even with a guard, we've found ladies with a basket in here shopping.

I can probably show you a positive impact on our state for basket weaving.

I could see cases where kids want to transfer to successful programs, making the rich richer and poor poorer. For example, a girl could play in the volleyball championships, change schools for the basketball championships and then go to a third school for softball or track.

Jim Calhoun

I don't think the Big East or college basketball or the (selection) committee should feel any embarrassment if that team goes to the NCAA Tournament. (But) we were home and Denham, some of our veteran players, Rashad, etc., they made some terrific plays down the stretch.

I don?t think there?s a person more deserving of the award. She?s the epitome of everything you want in a basketball player or a daughter. I mean, her character is impeccable, and her leadership is outstanding.

I don't think there's anything we could have done differently. We had a great look at the basket at the end and it just didn't go, and before that we needed to grab a rebound and just couldn't get to it.

I don't think there is any one dominant team, no school has really separated itself from the pack. There have been a bunch of very competitive basketball games and every team has shown it is capable.

Tommy Amaker

I don't think that we were sluggish. I thought they played an exceptional basketball game early and that put us on our heels.

I don't think that we've found a rhythm yet. Our best basketball is still to come. If we can get into a rhythm in conference play and win a couple big ones, I think we're going to be just fine.

Larry Brown

I don't think that's too far off base. Is this about basketball or life? If we do the right things and show improvement, I think those things have a tendency to take care of themselves. He only went to Georgia Tech for a year and that's an engineering school. . . . I think he cares about us winning, so that's a good thing.

I'd say a lot of times we double our business during basketball tournaments.

I do think the commissioner feels like he wants to present a picture to the public that becomes a professional basketball player and a pro basketball league. But even before this, we were on our way. We've just got a lot of young players in this league who need to grow into that role, and most of them are there.

I'd really like to thank all four of the seniors, they've been a great group for us. Not just as basketball players ... they're also great kids.

I don't think by any means they need an Indiana guy. They need a good basketball coach. There are many good basketball coaches out there, and that's really what was needed. That's what they did when they hired coach Davis, and that's what they've done now.

Billy Donovan

I don't think basketball has ever been an afterthought, at least since I've been here. In the Southeast, in terms of enthusiasm and excitement, it's for football. In Kentucky and Indiana, it's for basketball. I understand that and Billy Donovan isn't changing that culture. ... But I think our program has gotten respect.

I am very honored to be the next head basketball coach at Rider University. I will work tirelessly to reward (this) decision to name me as the next head coach in a program with such a proud tradition.

I am playing basketball the whole summer so all of these other coaches can see me and how I play.

I am not taking anything away from Kentucky. They are a good basketball team that played exceptionally, but we played about as poorly as we could. We played our worst home game of the year.