Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's pretty much a basketball genius. Everything coach Mac does on the sideline, coach Jake is right there doing as well. This program is in good hands.

Andrew Wilson

He's ridiculous right now. He's the best player in college basketball right now. All you can do is make him work hard for the baskets he gets - because he's going to get them.

He's reinstituted youth basketball (at Chestnut Street) and walked around the neighborhood to introduce himself personally to people. Programming is the most important thing, and he's putting the right people with the right programs.

He's really good at catching and scoring with the basketball. I don't think we've gotten it to him enough; I would like our kids to find him a little more. He has made it easy for us, and I've really focused on our offense this year, which is why I think that our defense is what needs improvement now.

He's really done a good job of taking are of the basketball for us during the second half of the season.

I don't think Jim has any regrets about the contract with Allan. He deserved it. We felt good about what he delivered as a basketball player, as well as a person. In pro sports, having players who stand for positive things, that's worth something to your business.

Brandon Roy

I don't think it crossed my mind we were going to lose that game. I'm still kicking myself. For the first time in basketball, I feel sorry for myself.

I don't really even want to think about Cooper. I'm so concerned with Central. They're a good basketball team. They're very capable of beating us and going to San Angelo is never easy. Cooper is not on the radar right now.

Allen Iverson

I don't really care if I play well or play bad, it's frustrating to lose the game. It doesn't do any good if we play well and lose basketball games. You still got a loss. It's like you didn't even go out there and do anything.

I don't know if we're consciously trying to do that but we talk about valuing the basketball and the possessions are longer. We've made the possessions longer defensively, playing some zones, and offensively our possessions are longer, too. In years past we just let Alvin Cruz push it up there and try to find somebody quick.

Larry Bird

I don't know if this is the right wording, but I felt betrayed. We're disappointed. Things happen, maybe it's a good thing. He's a very talented player. I always liked working with him and how he went about things on the basketball court. He's a top-12 player in the league, but we're in a situation where we have to move on.

I don't know if there was any extra incentive because of losing to them before. What I do know is that these kids are capable of playing the way we played tonight, especially on the defensive end of the floor. They played smart, they took care of the basketball and overall, I thought we did a great job.

Larry Brown

I don't know if he's ready, but he tries every day. We've been messing around with him there. It's kind of fun to watch him. There's going to be some difficult things for him, but I think it will make him a better basketball player taking on that responsibility.

I don't know if anyone's ever had three brothers score in a game. Jonah will be a great player for Braham basketball someday.

I don't know if anybody's shocked. We felt they were going to be a pretty good basketball team and maybe were being undersold a little bit in the preseason.

Katie Smith

I don't know how you explain it other than to say that basketball is a funny game and sometimes a team just has another team's number. I'm sure you're going to see them come out and get after us pretty hard though. They've been playing great basketball all season.

I don't know if it's when they're young they don't know any better, and you hope they don't ever know any better. She is really mature in a basketball sense. She knows she needs to take it to the hole.

Jim Calhoun

I don't know if there is another player as complete or as poised all the time with the basketball. Bottom line is that he's a terrific basketball player.

I didn't even know the Armory had a basketball floor before this team. I went to a concert there and that was pretty cool. Maybe we can put on a show.

Jack LaLanne

I tell people that the scales lie. You may have played basketball and weighed 175 pounds, with a 30-inch waist, back when you were in college. And you may still weigh 175 at 55. But you probably have a 35-inch waist and you've probably lost 30 or 40 pounds of muscle -- and gained 30 or 40 pounds of fat. The tape measure doesn't lie. Get that tape measure out and put it on your hips and your waist. Keep checking it. And keep exercising and cutting those calories down until that tape measure gets close to where you were in your prime.

It was really surreal. I had some family members there. I felt like I got the monkey off my back and I don't have to worry about that pressure any more. All of the hard work paid off that I put in with my dad. My Uncle Gabe played here and my grandmother Mary Louise played basketball. I come from a basketball family.

It was a very positive game tonight. I think that proves to me and to a lot of people that this basketball team is heading in the right direction, and is probably good enough on any given night to beat some of the best teams in the region.

It was a very disappointing loss. We didn't do what we needed to do down the stretch for us to win the basketball game. Creighton did.

It was a really hard-fought college basketball game.

Mike Woods

It was a well-played basketball game: they did some nice things with the ball but I didn't think our defense was that bad. We played with a lot of emotion and a lot of intensity but we were fatigued at the end.

Charles Smith

It was a very, very intense crowd (at the volleyball match), and it will only be bigger for basketball and even bigger for football next year.

It was a very special day for those two young ladies. It was very important for this basketball program to get a win for them.

Mike Thibault

It was a very rugged basketball game for long stretches. Bodies flying everywhere ... a lot of fouls ... but we kept our poise at the end. We played good enough defensively at the end of the game to win.

Jim Calhoun

It was a terrific, terrific win in a very hostile basketball atmosphere. We got the ball where we wanted to most of the time. ... The difference in the game was our power inside.

It was a terrific game - one that was completely different than the 5-on-5 stuff. It was hard to hide somebody when there was only three people on each side of the court. Lots of one-on-one basketball and some pick-and-rolls - that's about it.

It was a tale of two halves. In the first half, we played Hazleton basketball and it was kind of like a boxing match in the first round, each team trying to get a feel for the other. Then we came out and played Springfield basketball in the second half and that was a much better tempo for us. We picked up the intensity on defense and got the ball inside on offense." ()

It will greatly enhance the state boys and girls high school basketball tournaments, NCAA basketball tournaments that UNM plans to host, plus other events like concerts and shows.

It was impossible to get back during the basketball season, and I have to be able to do that. That's my priority at this point.