Famous Quotes & Sayings

Man, it's been fun. Right now this team is playing great basketball and we just want to keep that rolling.

Shane Battier

I'm happy for him. He's a good dude. He's a hard worker and he has a great basketball mind. He took his last school to the dance. I think it's a good hire for Oklahoma.

I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa. The excitement level for Panther basketball is at an all-time high and I look forward to continuing the growth of our program. With the players we have returning and the current recruiting class, I know we have the pieces in place to be successful.

B. J. Novak

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?

Kyle Korver

We've talked more about defense in practice. When we watch film, that's all we watch is defense -- we don't even watch our offense right now. (Defense) has just been our focus. We're playing a different style of basketball right now in terms of slowing it down. We're playing well.

We've talked a lot about this being a basketball state. People said they wanted a team, and now we're here. We're one of the final four. These players deserve it (fan support), not only for what they've done on the court, but off the court, especially.

Maurice Cheeks

We need one. We're entitled to one, I think. We've been going down to the wire a lot of games. Sometimes it feels good for the players and myself to play a game where you don't have to worry about somebody getting an offensive rebound or making a last-second shot to win a basketball game. For us, we needed that.

Jim Calhoun

Well, 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with (and) I've never been quite involved with something like that. It was just an incredible game fought by two teams who gave it everything they possibly have. And I don't know if the teams could have gone another minute. I thought it was an incredible display of what competition is all about.

We live to play another day. We've won four straight games and are playing or best basketball now.

Billy Corgan

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

Bill Self

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

Bill Simmons

But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.

Bill Simmons

One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can't break it down into some sort of science that makes total sense.

Bill Simmons

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.

We have some holes to fill, but we had kids who learned how to play basketball at the varsity level and that will help us next season.

We have some guys who understand what it takes. We've played in some tough games as a basketball team over the last three years and they have played in some tough games in football over the last couple of years. They understand what it takes.

We have some good basketball teams coming in throughout the three days. I'm pleased with who all is coming. There should be some great basketball being played.

We have some fabulous freshman on this team. They've played a lot of basketball and have a lot of confidence right now.

Jennifer Rizzotti

We can't win the basketball game without Erika in the game.

We are truly fortunate to have one of the most respected and successful coaches leading our organization. Mike has been an integral part of our success and has been involved in all decision making. He will now lead our basketball operations, supported by the extensive talents within his department.

Greg Thomas

We are thrilled to bring College Hoops 2K6 to the Xbox 360. College basketball fans are die-hard, so we worked hard to deliver a game that would bring the intensity of college basketball to life. College Hoops 2K6 creates unique and exciting atmospheres, which are only enhanced by the power of the Xbox 360.

We are thrilled to be able to revive coverage of Midnight Madness as a television franchise in partnership with five of the most successful college basketball programs in the country. Midnight Madness has long been a staple in the college basketball community, and we are excited that we can share this great tradition with a national audience.

Doug Wilson

We couldn't put it in the basket in the third quarter. We played catch-up after that, and every time we made a run they were able to answer.

We couldn't make a basket there at the end.

We couldn't make a basket. The basket had a lid on it.

We couldn't make a basket and we just let it get away.

We couldn't keep T.J. Ford in front of us. He just went wherever he wanted to go with the basketball and created all kinds of scoring opportunities. If it wasn't for him, it would have been a much easier game.

We played a solid game tonight. We just ran into an excellent team. The guys played with a lot of confidence. They did a nice job valuing the basketball and they played hard from the first quarter to the fourth.

We played three really good halves of basketball here. These two games were probably our best games of the year.

Rashad McCants

We played the worst basketball we've ever played. Ever. Even worse than Santa Clara. And we still had a chance to win. That says a lot about the talent on this team.

We played the best team basketball we've played all season. The energy in here tonight was just amazing.

We played the best game we've played all year. Everybody uses Trinity as a measuring stick. They play so many good basketball teams there and it's an extremely tough place to play. We played extremely well and should have won the ballgame. Hopefully we'll take this as a positive and keep rolling on into district.

We played the best basketball we've played in a long time.