Famous Quotes & Sayings

I would never take it back. I'm glad I made that decision. It helped me grow as a person and playing in that basketball league helped me get much stronger and more confident in my game.

Smush Parker

I would like to stay here. I feel like I can contribute to this team. I want to help this team win basketball games, and I believe I can.

I would never have dreamed that we would have dominated the schedule. I don't think any of us talked about going undefeated. We talked about getting back to state. No. 1 for all the kids is to get back to state and back in the final four.

I would most definitely come back and play again. It's a blessing and an opportunity just to have the chance to try out. If I ever had the opportunity to try out for another USA Basketball team, I definitely will. Win or lose, you can always make it into a positive experience. It's what you make it. Even though we had that loss, we bounced back to get the final two wins. Everybody stepped up and played well in our final two games. I'm proud of everybody and I'm just thankful for the opportunity.

My body's had it. I feel like I'm a lot older than I am. I've lived my basketball life. I've enjoyed it and it's time to move on to what in my opinion are bigger and better things.

Most of the big UTEP basketball games were NCAA tournament games. We were on TV because we had success, with the history of coach (Don) Haskins and the 1966 national championship team. If you're good, you'll be put on TV. If you're not good, you won't be on TV.

Ronnie Brewer

Most basketball players don?t like sitting around, waiting all day. You kind of get anxious. You start thinking about the game too much.

Meredith is not getting a lot of numbers so far this season, but she's learning that basketball is more than numbers. She's gaining a lot of valuable experience and things are going to start to click for her.

Middleton is an excellent basketball team. They did a great job on Weddle. In turn, our guys played well defensively. We went to our full-court press and half-court man-to-man in the third quarter when we were down by 11.

Michigan State is a fine basketball team, no doubt about it. We're proud of what they've done for our state. Our only regret is not playing our style of ball at the start of the game.

Michigan-Michigan State basketball, I don't talk to him. He calls me. He wants to talk.

Wiggins is the real deal. She's the Vince Young of women's basketball.

Ben Wallace

Whoever wins this is the world real basketball champion.

Jason Chaffetz

When Steny Hoyer brings up a resolution to support and recognize the University of Maryland men's basketball team - I'm not making this up - before we even had March madness, then you just know that it's just political favoritism.

We just went ice cold. Sometimes you can't describe it. The basket just seems like it's the size of a pinhead.

We just want to play great basketball. We still have work to do, but this is a fun team to coach.

We have only lost to two teams in the region. I think we are playing our best basketball right now.

We just came up short. We can't hang our heads. That's a great basketball team.

We intend to have a good basketball team next year and I feel confident that we will. We've developed the unity and spirit it's going to take to move the program to the next level.

We just couldn't make shots. We got good shots and the girls played hard. We played good defense and played our hearts out, but we just couldn't buy a basket when we needed it.

We just couldn't get much going offensively. The looks we got at the basket weren't good looks. They were rushed and off balance.

Scott Skiles

I thought he showed some flashes of what stuff he could do. He scored around the basket and showed a nice touch on a perimeter shot. I was happy to be able to give him as many minutes.

Jerry Sloan

I thought he (Palacio) played pretty well. He played defense well, which is tough no matter which of those guys you put him on. The important thing is we did a good job of keeping them on top of the basket and made them shoot over the top of us.

I thought it went in. I was under the basket and I thought it went in.

I think they're beginning to get a little more relaxed. The hardest part is just getting a basketball court sense. You can't teach that much. You can show them an offense and then they have to learn to react to what the defense is doing. They're starting to get that more and more each day.

I think they're a great basketball team. I think they're as talented as anybody. They play both ends of the floor. They have great depth. They play very hard. I've been exceedingly impressed with Florida State this season.

(Johns Hopkins) is such different team. They actually beat McDaniel and Dickinson twice in the regular season. They have a starting line up of 5-8, 5-9, 5-10 to 6-0. They have substitutes that are about the same size. We want to bring them away from the basket a bit. We're going to have to hit a few shots from the outside early and make them come out. And then we start doing what we do best and that is play team basketball.

Justin comes with no issues, no agenda, other than being the best basketball player he can be. He's a gentleman around school. He's a quality kid, and I really like him a lot.

It is definitely a game we have circled on our calendar. We take a lot of pride in our basketball and we have a lot of school pride.

I think this is a statement that we are improving. We are a tough basketball team. We have to take that toughness on the road as well as home.

I'm starting to get a lot more confidence in my game. I'm playing a lot more and I'm gaining more confidence and getting more comfortable on the court. Everyone was making their shots and it was fun playing basketball tonight.

James Blake

Maybe I'm a slow learner. But he doesn't make it easy. I'm starting to feel like one of those basketball players in the early '90s. You feel like you make Michael Jordan play well, but then every time he comes up and beats you and makes you realize why he's the best.

Dwyane Wade

Maybe I got hurt for a reason - to bring these guys here and we all celebrate together over on Biscayne Bay one day,