Famous Quotes & Sayings

I talk about his basketball knowledge and his competitiveness all the time. A lot of guys don't know how mentally tough he is.

I think it's a great chance (everyone will stay) because none of the people who have an opportunity to leave are really hurting financially. That helps us out a lot. Everybody might not love school, but we love the basketball part about it. Money isn't the issue for the people who have the chance to go.

I think it's a good thing to have high expectations for your basketball program,

Mark Gottfried

I think it's a good decision. I think he's got a chance to be one of the premier forwards in the nation next season. He became a leader on our basketball team this past season, and I think he'll continue to mature as a player. And I'm also excited because he's on track to graduate next spring.

I think it'll be a neat night of basketball for the Fox Valley.

David Johnson

I think it is from playing point guard in basketball. You have to have good vision. As a point guard, you are always looking for the open man.

I think it comes back to relying on the things we do real well. ... I think we're going to have to do the same things, spread the floor ... and look to penetrate and kick.

I think in this setting it's a little odd because I haven't seem them in basketball gear in a while.

I think i n our division, the other teams knew we were gonna be pretty good. Maybe in the media, we didn't look like the team to beat. But we had a good junior class coming up and three of the guys had played varsity basketball a year ago.

Bob Horner

It also gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with basketball and it won't interfere with my school work at Mason City.

I think it's kind of a tough deal for a guy who's given his whole life to Montana State, not only the university but the basketball program.

I think it's just the growth of the program. Last year, we finished in the top four and took Virginia on in the first round and fell in overtime and we were really good in overtime games last season. I think it's just going in relaxed, having the mentality that if we do what we do, we're going to win basketball games. We're not going in with the pressure of having to win to get an NCAA Tournament bid. We just need to go in and play our best.

I think it's a pretty good draw for both of us, in the fact that we are familiar with each other and have split this season. It should be a good basketball game.

BC is a smart basketball team. They've got experience. They know how to play in those situations.

David Stern

Basketball without Borders is truly a global program that transcends all boundaries. It unites young people from diverse cultural, national and economic backgrounds on four continents.

Oscar Robertson

Basketball wasn't what it is today, ... Being brought up in the ghetto, my parents were told, long before I came along, that education was the way out.

Basketball was my favorite. Probably because I was better at it. It came more naturally for me than the other sports.

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.

Basketball is not life, it's a job. It puts everything in perspective when you see something like that.

Basketball is important to me, whether it's this game or a game at the YMCA.

Basketball is her life. Her getting to see me play is my motivation. I don't know what she'd do without me playing basketball.

Basketball is great, but they're not going to find you in middle school. You've got to get your grades up and get to college.

Basketball is basketball, but life is life. That's a tough situation. He's a mature guy.

Basketball is a team game, and I'm so proud of all of our guys. They have kept working hard all year, and it is paying off for us now.

Bo Ryan

Basketball is a streaky game. The best thing to do is to make sure you get what you want at your end. We went through some stretches where we didn't get that.