Famous Quotes & Sayings

She's a competitor - been a basketball player herself. So we don't do anything competitive with cards or monopoly or anything. We just watch movies or watch a ballgame. We keep it like that. We've had our wars before on different things. So we decided it's best we don't do it anymore.

She played very well and had some key baskets for us. She goes hard to the basket and played well on defense.

She is going to be a very, very good basketball player.

She is going there to impress an employer. As a professional basketball player, your responsibility is your body, your health and your play. It is somewhat of a job in college when you're on scholarship but even more so at the next level.

She is a very talented basketball player and I don't have a problem with her taking that many shots because in this game it won't go unless you throw it up there, but we just need to make sure when we have a good shot and when we don't.

She really just joined us and has been a nice surprise. She's a basketball player but proved today that she can play softball too.

She knows the game of basketball probably better than any kid I've ever coached. She's a leader on the floor.

She is very athletic. She can pull people away from the basket with her shooting and is capable of playing with her back to the basket.

She is so basketball savvy on her own. She does so many things on the floor, she is just that smart.

She moved so well without the basketball tonight and you have to compliment our girls because they did a great job looking for her. I?m just thankful the girls did a great job of executing the plays and setting screens for her and getting her a lot of open looks.

She might be a freshman in class but not on the basketball floor. She plays with the same intensity that any upperclassmen does.

She made her mind up to go to the basket tonight. She was more confident driving to the basket and that made a big difference. We've been wanting her to take over a game like this all season because she can do that.

She helped me keep things in perspective - on a more even keel, ... She made me understand that basketball was a small part of what we have going.

Most of the time, when we play, the other teams have better athletes, but our players understand if we go out and play fundamental basketball we have a chance to win.

Mike's a better perimeter shooter than Tim. Tim might be the best leader I've ever coached. But they both play the same position and have great knowledge of the game. Mike's kind of old-school. He's a basketball player. He has long arms, a good jump hook, good fakes inside and a knack around the basket.

Mike Perry is a well-respected coach who has brought and will continue to bring distinction to Georgia State's men's basketball program. We look forward to him being with the program for many years to come.

The fact that Marsha took a program like Texas Tech that wasn't even on the college basketball map, took it to a national title and maintained that excellence says a lot about her.

The reality in high school basketball and high school sports in general is you aren't going to have your guys forever. It's time for them to move on. They've gotten everything they could out of their high school careers.

There is a lot of basketball. We try to separate it, but invariably we talk basketball pretty much all year 'round.

There is no doubt that this facility will put our two basketball programs on a par with any Division I school in the country. We couldn't be more pleased.

That's a very, very good basketball team we lost to tonight. We struggled at times, but our guys played hard. It wasn't our effort that hurt us. Central just had too many weapons. Every time we made a run at them, they had an answer.

That's a very fine basketball team, a well-coached team, but our kids never quit. That's what I'm most proud of.

I was really happy with the way the girls played, in spite of the outcome. It seemed that we couldn't buy a basket in the late going but still, I think it's the best we've shot all season.

I was pretty proud with that effort at the foul line and how we took better care of the basketball down the stretch. Our decision making was much improved, too.

I was pretty nervous. What was weird about it was I'm used to playing basketball year-round.

I was proud of our team's effort. The Florida basketball team presents many problems.

I was proud of our guys to withstand that and to scratch and claw back into the game. This is one of the top environments in college basketball for a home team.

I was really glad to see him have a breakout game. He's a good shooter and a good basketball player.

G. H. Hardy

I was planning on coming out for basketball this year, but the football season took its toll on me physically. I needed to rest and rehabilitate some injuries. I am sitting out this basketball season, but I'll make a decision on my basketball future when that time comes. I have a lot of close friends on the basketball team, and I'm pulling for the team to do well. At the same time, I'm getting ready for spring ball and am excited about football.

I was overbearing. I just hoped he would come to love basketball or find something like it that he could love just as much.

I was missing easy shots all night and every basket at that point was crucial.

I wasn't going to even try out for the basketball team my junior season at Kinston, ... Coach Stackhouse made one of my friends (K.K. Wynn) come get me off the bus and try out. I think about how blessed I am and where I came from in a short time.

John Beilein

I would hope he's distracted like crazy. This is a pretty big event. It makes basketball seem like nothing.