Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think it's kind of a tough deal for a guy who's given his whole life to Montana State, not only the university but the basketball program.

I think it's just the growth of the program. Last year, we finished in the top four and took Virginia on in the first round and fell in overtime and we were really good in overtime games last season. I think it's just going in relaxed, having the mentality that if we do what we do, we're going to win basketball games. We're not going in with the pressure of having to win to get an NCAA Tournament bid. We just need to go in and play our best.

I think it's a pretty good draw for both of us, in the fact that we are familiar with each other and have split this season. It should be a good basketball game.

I think its good that Columbia State recruits our players. This gives them a chance to continue their education and their basketball at home.

I think it's good for the Pacers (that I'm leaving). I think they will be able to focus on playing basketball. I can focus on playing basketball myself and be very happy. I'm upset that I won't be with Donnie Walsh anymore. It was an emotional meeting, but it wasn't like what was reported on TV. We had a good conversation.

I think it's certainly competitive with the other major sports now. In this market now ? nothing compares to football in this market ? but when you look at basketball and other sports, I think hockey is right there with them.

Ben Wallace

I think it says a lot about the league, that you don't have to come out and try to dominate the basketball and dominate the game in order to have individual success.

Bryan Colangelo

I think it's an opportunity, first and foremost, to bring this basketball team up to par with everything that this organization stands for.

Trying to get national consistency, especially in basketball officiating.

To the general public and to our fans, it is obvious what a great job that Greg and his staff have done to put UNI basketball on the national map. I think he is the best young basketball coach in the country and I am overwhelmed with the fact that we can keep him here at UNI.

With both the men's and the women's teams, we put our eggs in the NCAA Tournament basket first.

Geno Auriemma

There are serious concerns about our guard play. Good guard play is such a pivotal factor in good basketball teams.

Steve Alford

We've been ranked three times coming in here. But it's a lot different than years ago. This is a very good basketball team that's only going to get better.

We've been playing great basketball of late. Tonight it wasn't there.

Chamique Holdsclaw

We've been playing better team basketball, ... It's just the little things. We have to cut down on some of our turnovers, play better defense.

We seem to make that turnover and don't get that bucket when we need it. ... It was a basketball game right down to the end.

We're thrilled to death because we just beat an excellent basketball team. This isn't the last time Benton Central's going to be here.

We're thrilled to be able to celebrate our boys basketball centennial by directly involving the fans, who have supported our tournament in great numbers throughout the years is a fun was to get folks interested in our rich history and set the table for a terrific celebration in 2007.

Sheryl Swoopes

We're talking about women's professional basketball here. We're still new at this. A lot of times people forget the NBA was once where we are now. We've got to go beyond the true diehard women's professional-sports fan.

We've been looking forward to this for a long time, it's Duke. No one is expecting us to win, but within this locker room we're a confident basketball team.

With it being your first Duke-North Carolina game, you can't help but get nervous. You don't know what to expect because this game is the highest level of competition at the college basketball level. We will see if everyone is ready for that.

When we played there a couple of years ago, I was really impressed with their fans because I felt like they were knowledgeable but not out of control. It didn't feel intimidating to me. It just felt like a great basketball game with good, appreciative fans. It was a different feeling than some places you go to.

Connor Barwin

When I went in, my guy was sitting in the paint. He wasn't even guarding me. That's the most disrespect I've seen on a basketball court.

We've just learned what to do since our freshman year and that's not to get excited and to execute when we need to. We just played Villanova basketball better than Louisville played Louisville basketball.

We've played in tough games ourselves and tough atmospheres. You've got to give credit to those (Vermont) guys and you've got to respect them, but at the same time, we're all basketball players and we've all been in hostile environments.

Gary Payton

We want to win basketball games, and not let our egos get in the way. Everybody on this team has, at one point, been a star or a starter or a bigger part of their team. ... We have to understand that we are talking about wins, not who is going to have the points.

We had some really good looks at the basket which just didn't fall for us. Fulton was very scrappy and quick.

Billy Taylor

We had some opportunities early in the game that we didn't convert, and I think that was also part of why we struggled early on. In the second half we went strong to the basket and didn't worry about fouls. We just went up strong and that's when good things happen.

We'd been working on going all the way through our offense. We tried to make the extra pass and we were able to get it to the right people.

The president's initiative ties an oil savings target to a basket of energy solutions for homes and businesses, which have nothing to do with our oil problem.

There has to be the natural gift. When I see her do her thing on the soccer field or on the basketball court, to be able to do what she does, I think there's just a natural gift.

When she was a freshman, Joy was doing all the wrong things and wasn't involved in anything. She was headed down the wrong path. I grabbed her in the middle of her freshman year and told her she needed to play basketball. Since then, it's been a complete turnaround. She didn't start playing basketball until the second semester of her sophomore year, but she's been doing all the right things since then.

When March Madness is in Indianapolis, there's probably no other place that can have this kind of basketball in a mile square area.