Famous Quotes & Sayings

These games are one last chance for us to entertain a crowd. It's a lot different than the serious basketball we played our whole careers at Kentucky. This is fun.

It's been kind of frustrating. I wish it weren't this way. I wish that our season could be judged by what's happening on the basketball court, but unfortunately things haven't been that way. The problem is that I thought we would be all right. But we haven't stepped up the way we should have.

It's been trending that way the last few years. The business of college basketball dictates that you can't wait until the spring to get recruits. If you wait until spring, you're dead in the water.

It's an exciting school to be part of, obviously a football dynasty, less so on the basketball side of things, but I'm excited that they are here. They are the number 8 seed and I'm going to see how they perform over the next couple of days.

Billy Donovan

It's a new day, a new season, a new opportunity for both basketball teams.

It looked like they were playing in someone's back yard because they had no respect for the basketball and no respect for the Woodstock players. We knew what was coming but we went to some bizarre stuff. I didn't know what we were doing out there.

Jason Terry

It just shows you that the NBA is fantastic, especially at playoff time. The series that are going on right now, this is the best basketball that I've seen in years. I'm glad we took care of our business. Now we can sit back and watch and see what happens in the other series.

It just shows how global basketball is, how unifying basketball is.

It's great to be going back to the sectional. We've had a very good season so far, but we'd like to keep it going for a while. But once you get to this level, every team is tough. We're going to have to play our best basketball of the year on Friday.

It's hard to actually think of it as our last game. We still have a lot of basketball left.

Dwight Howard

It's hard for me to block basketball out, but I'll try to stay away from it for a good month and a half. I expect us to be a little more serious, a little more business-minded next year. No team is going to give us anything.

It's hard for me, leaving the job I've had here and leaving the players and the staff. There's an unbelievable tradition of basketball at Florida Southern. I compare (it) to going to a school like Kansas at the Division I level.

It's hard for me, leaving the job I've had here, and leaving the players and staff. But I think this is the right move for me and my family. There's an unbelievable tradition of basketball at Florida Southern.

It's difficult for any team to do. You can't be down 20 points in the second half and expect to get back in the game. I thought we did a good job with that. We had to get a stop every possession and get a basket every possession basically. We can't dig ourselves into a hole like that and expect to win.

Ken Green

It seemed like we got better and better as the season came to a close. We played our best basketball in February as the playoffs were approaching.

It seemed like they blocked about 15 shots. We count on (Wesley) Harper and (Jonathan) Boyd to get to the basket on people, and they just couldn't get to the basket tonight.

It seemed like every time we got it within a possession, somebody hit a basket for them.

It seemed like each time we needed a big basket Logan came up with it.

This is nothing new. Since the Greeks, people sat on a hillside with a basket to eat and watch Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles.

This issue is much more complicated than it appears. They are playing with race. They are playing with class. The basketball is just a symbol.

This is something you wouldn't trade for anything. It's an unbelievable way to win a basketball game. Things like this may happen all the time on different levels, but there are so many games that you could go a lifetime and never have it happen to you.

Joe Dumars

This is some great competition. There's a high level of college basketball here, so it's a great game for me to come and see.

This is one of the best basketball teams in the nation for a reason. I hope they win it; they definitely are capable.

This isn't like any other conference. If you want to go to the conference tournament, you've got to earn your way there. So that's what we've got to do. We need to go knock some people off and play good basketball and earn our spot.

This is the Fairview Classic. You can throw the X's and O's out when we get together, it is all about heart. Both teams competed hard, and basketball in Montgomery is back.

This is the best we've drove to the basket all season. There were a lot of positives tonight even though we lost.

This is our second year (in the ACC), and I wanted our guys to understand the passion for basketball (in the conference).

Stephen Lang

As you get older, stuff starts to wear down. I can't play four basketball games a week anymore. It takes me three days to recover from one. I'm a little older, a little scrappier. So now I do yoga instead. And whatever else happens in the day, I'm set up in the best way possible. I feel great. I'm so flexible.

Rick Pitino

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

Rick Pitino

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.

Rick Pitino

Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.

Rick Pitino

Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.

Rick Pitino

When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.