Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Calhoun

On paper, we seem to be a deep, big and experienced basketball team that should be ranked in the top 10 teams in America.

Brad Soderberg

On paper, we're .500, but if you look in deeper, we're so close to being a really good basketball team.

Tommy Amaker

On the floor, I thought we had a terrific defensive performance. I thought we were very active, I thought our team shared the basketball really well. We certainly tried to take care of it. Obviously, with 23 assists and 13 turnovers, for us, that was the difference.

Michael Finley

Only two guys didn't have a break and that was Tony and Tim. Everybody else relaxed and just got away from basketball a little bit and was fired up to come back here and compete and that's what we did.

Allen Iverson

I was struggling. I couldn't really go to the basket as quick as I wanted to. When I did it was real painful.

Karl Hobbs

I was so impressed with St. Bonaventure tonight. It's kind of unfortunate they're playing their best basketball now. I truly believe they got a couple wins left in them. Unfortunately, the season has kind of caught up to them a little bit. We were pretty nervous. Thank God for our experience. That was the only difference.

I was shocked when I read it in the paper. He's going to be missed -- not just at West. The game of basketball has lost a great coach.

Rudy Carpenter

I was telling the coach before the game let me throw deep. I had a feeling because of the way I was throwing in practice all week. I told everyone before the game, I'm feeling hot. If this was a basketball game, I was going to score 50 points.

I wouldn't say we're the best (every year). But to be the best you have to go through us. I thought they were a very scrappy team, had a lot of hustle and were basketball savvy.

I worked with some great basketball people. It was a great training ground.

I worked on my legs extra hard during basketball season for more explosiveness and to be a lot quicker coming out of my sprint stance.

I was pleased with the effort, but not in the loss. We didn't play as smart or take care of the basketball like we need to or should have.

I guess if we can't be first, we might as well be second. There's no shame in losing to (Lancaster). That's a top-notch basketball team. They're a tough, hard-nosed competitive team.

Tom Johnson

I grew up in Zionsville, about 10 miles south of Lebanon, so I know the history of the basketball program there.

I grew up with five brothers and have never been around girls. Everything I was taught in the game of basketball has been by guys.

Charles Rhodes

If we don't get into the NIT, I'm still going to have a basketball in my hand (today).

Damon Jones

If we execute and share the basketball and move bodies, then we are a tough team to defend because we have a lot of guys that can do a lot of different things on the offensive end. Defensively, we turned it up and held them to one shot, and because of it, we got momentum.

If we had just made a few more, this would have been our basketball game.

If we have kids who can put the basketball in the basket and take care of the basketball, we can do the other thing. It's kind of hard to teach kids to put the ball in the basket.

If we knock down a couple shots, it's a totally different basketball game. At the end of regulation and overtime, two of our better shooters got good looks. They've just got to knock them down. I'm not faulting them on that, but we've just got to make some shots.

I got tired of seeing her shoot one-foot shots. Let's put her at least 15 feet from the basket and see what she does.

I gotta give Mike (MacDonald) credit because they played motivated basketball from the beginning.

Ben Gordon

I got off to a good start. Then I got plagued by foul trouble, and it kind of busted up my rhythm.

Brad Smith

I got here at noon. I figure I'll eat, watch a little basketball here, and then maybe move to the Pub II for more basketball.

Curtis Granderson

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.

Basketball tournaments are great stuff. Kids careers end out here on jump shots.

Larry Brown

Basketball started for me in this city and I want to be here when it's finally time for me to stop, ... I'm not here to retire. I'm here to help build something that will be around for a long time.

Basketball overseas in general is getting better, and there is obviously a lot of opportunity for the kids to come to America. A lot of times we can get a higher quality player. If Viktor had gone to high school at Alta or whatever, we would have never had a chance to recruit him, because he would have been a high Division I guy.

Basketball is what I grew up with. I didn't know volleyball until junior high school.

Basketball is the only thing I can control. When I get on the basketball court, I forget everything that's going on in my life. This is my place to have fun and be with my teammates.

Basketball is the only sport you don't have to travel early in the tournament.

Basketball is that kind of game. This is why college basketball is the best game going because of the unpredictability.

Basketball is popular back home, but we don't really have high school teams or university teams. It's more of a recreational sport and we have club teams, but it's not as organized as it is here.