Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were so worried about Allan and getting back to the hotel and making sure he was OK. Then we spoke about it as a team. I don't think our confidence went down. We were just disappointed we did not play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

Tiara had an outstanding year for us. Her value to this team goes far beyond the basketball court.

Three out of our last four contests came down to the wire. That is why college basketball is the greatest sport in the world. You have to play every night.

Three of the teams have never played tennis before in their lives. I think we're going to get better cause they're pretty good athletes. Put a basketball in their hands and they'll do great. It's going to get better, though.

Trinity has a strong basketball tradition and an outstanding program. I think it's a team we can play with.

Trim scored his basket to tie it with about 30 seconds left. We were then able to make a defensive stand.

Trey played off the radar tonight. We've been waiting for a game like that from him. We knew we had it in him. He's proving to the world he's a pretty good basketball player.

Travis has been good for us academically, socially and basketball-wise. He's been a model student-athlete here.

Today's game give credit to Jackson, that was two tired basketball teams. We played as hard as we could play.

Jeremy Foley

Yeah we went on probation, but we made out all right. After all that talk of whether we were a basketball or football program, those girls in spandex made us proud. Florida was a true gymnastics school.

Chauncey Billups

Yeah, we play with a little extra incentive when we're here at our building. Our fans are the best fans in all of basketball and we want to give them a treat. We play with a little special chip when we're at home.

You know what it's like in basketball when a guy's hitting 3-pointers and can't miss? When you get in a zone? It doesn't happen very often, but we got fortunate.

When I first heard about it, I thought to myself, 'I don't want a chair that looks like a basketball goal.' This doesn't look like that. The pillows are really beautiful. I'm going to put them in my house.

When I first came, I expected to play, and it just didn't work out that way. I don't second guess my decision or question myself as far as coming here. I think this still is the best situation for me. There still is a lot of basketball left. We still have nine games, we still have the playoffs and you just never know when you'll be needed.

Jim Les

We needed to play our 'A' game tonight, and we didn't play our 'A' game. But that was because of what they did. That's a very good basketball team.

We have kids who love to play basketball and coaches who love to coach and in the overall scheme of things we need to figure out how to bring this together. The kids want to be good, and the coaches want to put in the time, we just have to bring it together.

We know they're a heck of a basketball team that will be ready to play us.

We know they play slow basketball and put a lot of pressure on you and keep it that way for 40 minutes. But I think we're going to be all right. We showed who's the boss over there at Washington State and (we'll try) to do the same thing.

Corey Brewer

You know, all year we've been talking about staying focused because that's what's going to get us to the Final Four. We were just telling each other we have to stay focused for two more minutes, we are going to Indianapolis. That's what we did. We are on the way to the Final Four.

James Jones

You know it's kind of hard to say from my side looking in. I think that coach Miller is a blank coach. Whether his relationship with the Penn basketball program is secure or not kind of remains to be seen.

We've been getting better and are playing our best basketball right now. Since Christmas, defensively, we've stepped it up a notch.

We've been gearing for that all year, to play our best basketball down the stretch, and hopefully we do.

Brian Keith

We get to do something we love, which is basketball. It's been fun, and we are looking forward to the trip. With that in mind, we know that if we want to be a state champion, we've got two more games to win.

Mike McConathy

We get hung up on basketball and winning games, but when you reflect back to that and you've lost everything, it makes you thankful for what you have. That is a life experience that has helped them grow as young men and as basketball players." ()

We gave up too many easy baskets tonight. That's what's frustrating about this team. We're not basketball intelligent right now.

We can build on this. We will probably continue to have some type of basketball lettermen's reunion every year. It might not be this same formal process where they're recognized at a football game, but it might be at a basketball game.

We can be a dangerous team when we play like we did for the last 10 minutes. We fought extremely hard after we got down. I hate to be proud when we lose, but I am tonight. You saw some great basketball and a great team effort. A lot of guys had to step up to make it happen.

Teresa Medeiros

I've always said a romance hero can be deeply flawed... as long as he's willing to rush into a burning building to rescue a basket of kittens.

We were able to take Arkansas' strengths away from them, and it was really a solid all around defensive effort. The nice thing about our basketball team is you are going to have a different person step up on any night of the week.

We were able to survive on sheer willpower. Everyone in McKeesport knows I have no pride when it comes to begging for money for the library. We've come up with some unique ways to raise money, such as basket raffles. You have to come up with creative ways to continue programming.

Jason Terry

We were able to handle our business and get it over. It definitely goes to show you that the NBA is fantastic. The series that are going on are the best basketball I've seen in years.

Steve Blake

We definitely know how to play with each other, and we trust each other. And not only do we know how to play with just each other, we know how to play basketball in general, understanding the game and understanding how to play with other people on the floor at the same time.

Donyell Marshall

We definitely have to (win in Washington). If you look at series standards, basketball standards, they did what they had to do by coming in here and stealing home-court advantage. We have to go to D.C. and take it back.