Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Calhoun

Of 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with, I've never been involved in anything like that.

No one had a great shooting night, but if your offense isn't going right, you just got to get it back on defense. You've got to make those hustle plays, those steals and get on the floor. Sometimes the basket just seems really small and nothing goes in, but you just have to keep fighting.

Billy Donovan

No one likes losing, but it's great for our basketball team to go through this. It is great because they need this. I really believe the difference was our experience as a basketball team in relation to their experience.

No, not initially it wasn't the shot we wanted. But we wanted to get into a situation going to the basket and when it came down to the last five seconds, that's where we wanted it.

One would be to work at getting myself in shape as hard as my team does getting ready for a basketball game.

One time he was yelling at his teammates, 'Pass me the ball. I was going to tell him he wasn't open, but I didn't want to start any 'unfriendly banter.' I was just doing my thing, trying to keep him from catching the ball. There were times he was frustrated, but that's the way college basketball goes.

My dad taped the game. I'm used to seeing myself play basketball, but when my interview came on - I had to leave the room!

Montgomery is a very good, disciplined team offensively and defensively. They stay within themselves at all times, they're patient, and they try and get the best look at the basket they can every time down the floor.

Monroe is an outstanding team. That's how playoff basketball is.

Monique is a clutch player. She is very confident and capable, and she will be a tremendous basketball player by the time she leaves high school.

Morris was observed and videotaped playing basketball at a 24-Hour Fitness Center.

Willie Wilson

(Morris) has developed a temperament on the basketball court. Give Marshall credit, they played him physical, but he has developed such a focus. He can do it all.

My goal is to improve my basketball IQ as a point guard. I'm working on getting everyone involved. I'm the floor general out there and I want to get all the troops ready. I like the role. I just want the Ws.

My heart goes out for the girls. I know we didn't necessarily show consistency, but at the end I thought we were a solid basketball team.

My great-grandparents own a youth camp back in Indiana. It's a Christian-based camp where they take inner-city youths out into the country. So I want to incorporate some of the same ideas, but just put basketball in there.

My girls are playing good basketball. They never quit.

Dante Hall

My favorite is probably NBA Basketball except during the NCAA tournament which I like even better than NBA.

My dad is probably the biggest reason why I'm going there. He got to coach Tiffany and my brother (T.J.), but he's never got to coach me, and I know he can make me a better basketball player.

Maybe the odds were that that one wasn't going down this time. Honestly . . . we talked about this - you don't want to leave a whole lot of things to chance. You've got to find a way. And this basketball team has found a way.

Maybe he's made a mistake; we all make mistakes in this life, but if you look at his accomplishments as a basketball coach and his contributions to the game of college basketball, I don't think there's any question he should be in the Hall of Fame.

No one would want to broadcast the event or at least pay anything substantial for it, coming as it would on the heels of the World Series and the onset of the football and basketball seasons.

No, I don't think we're playing extremely well. But we always want to be playing our best basketball toward the end of the season and we're playing pretty well, but we still have not played our best game yet and we still have that to look forward to.

Now that we won our first state title, we'll always be remembered. Our fan support, we kind of grew it at the school. Now down the hallways people say 'Hi' even though I don't know them. It's more comforting to know there's a little more school spirit. My freshman year when we were horrible, I wouldn't want to go to the basketball games, either. It's more fun now.

Now our jitters are out so now it's time to play basketball. Like we said before, we're not here to participate, we're here to win. The whole thing. So right now, the game's over and we're going to enjoy it for tonight, but we have to prepare for our opponent Sunday.

Next time we play Mullen, we're going to play a basketball game and not just sit back and watch and react to what they do.

(Nebraska) is a very talented team. Their guards can shoot the basketball. They have the post presence. We're going to have to play at our best level.

Tim Thomas

New Jersey is still an option. I'm not sitting here saying that at the end of the year if they offered me a deal I would turn it down, or not think about it. But right now, my main interest is helping this team the best way I can, to win basketball games.

Never in my basketball career have I had the opportunity that I just had with the ball in my hands, with the game on the line and to be able to make the shot. There is no better feeling in the world.

Pat Summitt

Obviously, this was a tough battle for both teams. A great basketball game I'm sure to watch, a challenging one to play in and coach.

Obviously Indiana is a big basketball state and one of the most important sports in our county. It will be hard to put last week behind us because we are so excited and it has been a long time since we won a sectional. We have five days to prepare. I think we will definitely get the job done.

Obviously, I'm pleased with the way we played tonight. We got a lot of good basketball from a lot of different players.

Obviously they are all big from here on out. Hopefully we can build off this and put a few wins together. We just played such consistent basketball in the second half.

Obviously their size is an issue out there. They?re a veteran team that has been playing basketball together for a while now.