Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's my job to worry about that stuff, of course. The common ground is they love basketball, they're both passionate about the game, both want to win. Starting from there, there is hope.

It?s tough to swallow. I never like to see a game determined at the foul line. We all watch a lot of basketball and see it happen way too often.

It's unfortunate that we are not playing our best basketball during this road stretch. It stings. We need to clamp down.

Bill Self

It's unfortunate that Micah's tenure as a Kansas basketball player only lasted one semester. Micah has decided to go home to resolve some personal issues.

Davidson is a good, solid fundamental basketball team. We've got to take care of the basketball and (get it) to the right people. Everyone has got top players, but our team is defined by our strength inside and we have to make sure we get the ball to those people. At the same time, other people have to do their jobs and contribute.

David's a solid player. I'd like to get him to shoot more. Sometimes you don't even know he's out there and then he'll deflect a pass or get a steal ... He's just a solid player and he has been throughout his basketball career.

Dan is a young man who I feel has a very big up-side. He has great size and good hands. The thing I like most about Dan is that he loves basketball and wants to improve as a player.

Dani played a great game today. She totally dominated inside. She's playing her best basketball right now.

Dale is outstanding with the basketball and he is so much a better finisher and that really helps us. We had a great team effort all around.

Karl Hobbs

Doesn't the record state it? Look at the results. To be quite honest, guys just didn't know Saint Louis. They're a very good basketball team.

Donkey basketball is a very unnecessary fundraiser to have because it is cruel to the animals.

Don't be sad for me. Please don't be sad for me. This is like the MasterCard commercial. You know, it's priceless what God has given me to be the head basketball coach here.

The nice thing today was we had a lot of kids play well and we played very unselfish basketball. That's how we have to play to be successful. We don't have a bunch of superstars. We've just got a bunch of guys who can be pretty good at this game when they play together. I think we proved that today.

The nice thing about volleyball as a sport is that in basketball and other sports, when a match is over someone always is upset with an official and it seems like volleyball is the other way, and especially the way Kelly presents her self. Even losing teams felt they were always given a fair match.

The next morning, he got up early and started practicing his basketball technique. He practiced and practiced and guess what? He made the team.

You try to play your best basketball at the end of the year. We've clearly been playing our best basketball. We just have a feel that we're suppose to win these games.

Jack O'Brien

You try to make a point that it's not just about basketball. But sometimes you can't win.

You tip your hat to them. Sometimes, as a basketball coach, you can get frustrated because it's tough to get them out of that football mode. When you win a championship, you want to enjoy it, put your feet up on the recliner. These guys have to march right back into a long, grueling season. For these kids to do this two years in a row where they don't have any time off from the beginning of football until March, that's impressive.

You think Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and obviously UCLA -- those are four of the greatest traditions of basketball around the country. Just to get the opportunity to go on the court and play there is going to be fun.

The numbers she's put up are well deserving of her accomplishments. She always has the other team's best defender on her. She's a heck of a basketball player.

The number one thing for this basketball team is that we got here. Our seniors went out with 22 wins and a sub-state berth, and I am extremely proud of them and all these girls.

That's probably the best quarter of basketball we've played all year.

That's playoff basketball. You've got to get it done on the defensive end and make plays down the stretch.

Jack Anderson

That's playoff basketball around here. It doesn't get any rougher than this.

That's really been one of our strengths, passing the basketball. These guys play so unselfishly. This is the best passing basketball team I've coached.

That's probably the most disciplined team I've ever seen in high school basketball. All the teams in the Panhandle don't play like that. But we just adapted.

That's Southern Illinois basketball at its finest. That's what they do. They certainly took us out of any offense in the first half.

Jimmy Smith

That's the best quarter (of basketball) I've ever coached. It wasn't just the points, but the way we got them. The effort on defense.

That's the great part about Virginia Tech being part of the ACC. Forget about only playing (the Cavaliers) once a year - how about playing them three times in a year? I think that's good for basketball in the state of Virginia.

The best half I've ever seen a Citadel basketball team play, and maybe in the history of Citadel basketball.

Al Horford

The best part is you always have friends around, no matter what. It's either one, two or all three of them. You always have somebody to be with or walk to class with or just hang out and talk.

The best junior college basketball in the nation is played here. We bring it. The next best ... maybe a conference in Florida.

Tom Watson

The beautiful thing about the game of golf is you can play good golf and compete well into your later years, and you can't do this in basketball or football or baseball. But in golf, it's a longer live sport.