Famous Quotes & Sayings

That game hurt. I remember everything about it. They were very big and played like a basketball team. They scored two of their goals on long throw-ins in front of the net to several players who were at least 6-foot-4 and headed the ball in.

Jim Calhoun

Albany was magnificent for 30 minutes. We were equally, if not better or more magnificent, the last 10 minutes of the basketball game.

Rasheed Wallace

Ain't no pressure games or big games for us. We're just playing. We're just playing basketball.

You would think that his lifelong dream was to coach a team that won a state championship, but he wasn't really thinking about basketball when he started here. Once he took the job, he got so serious and watched and learned. His teams pride themselves on defense, which makes them fun to watch.

You should never play at home on the second night of back-to-backs. Your home fans deserve the best you can give them. If you need to, play all your back-to-backs on the road, and never on national TV. They've done that, and sometimes the basketball is not the best.

Jerry Sloan

You see what championship basketball is all about.

Your violations have caused significant embarrassment to the university and continue to cause disruption to the men's basketball program.

Geno Auriemma

Your philosophy in basketball will get you to a certain point. After that, you need individuals to take you to the next step.

Rick Barnes

You're not playing this time of year if you're not a good basketball team.

You're looking at Miss Basketball. You're looking at one of the best post players the state of Indiana has ever seen. The kid is so mentally tough and an outstanding basketball player. She's a great leader on and off the floor, (and) she's going to score nine out of 10 times if she gets the ball on the block.

You're going to have days when you don't have a great game. We've got a great basketball team and I hope the NCAA will take a look at that.

Whitey Ford

You never forget games like that. When you lose like that, you always remember it. We know they're going to be ready for us. Temple's a great basketball team, and they're coming off of two huge wins, so we know they're going to be prepared.

You never want it to end. Now that it has, you feel really down that you couldn't get that one more game. But it was a privilege to have this opportunity, and I'm proud Bradley basketball has done what it's done.

Marcus Ginyard

This is by far the worst time to expect anything different than a good basketball game.

This is a really good win. That's a conglomeration of really good basketball players over there.

This is definitely going to be one of the best basketball tournaments in the region. Not only will there be teams from the United States, but there will be scouts from the United States as well. This is going to be one of the best basketball tournaments in the history of The Bahamas.

I once went to a basketball game and told Charles Barkley he'd make a great tight end. And he said, 'No thank you.' Most of them don't want to do it because, in football, you get smacked in the mouth.

I had a lot of easy shots, but we played the best basketball tonight we played in a long time.

Carlisle Floyd

I had all the normal interests-I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater.

Shane Battier

If you don't feel good about yourself, you're not going to play good basketball. I don't care who you are. We've accomplished what we wanted by playing solid basketball in April. At the end of the day, it's about what you do; if you execute.

If you have a basketball team with seven great players, and one leaves ... the overall team is worse

If you'd seen the first half, you would've said there wasn't any way in the world we were going to win that basketball game.

Mark Turgeon

If you put a gun to my head, I would say we would get four in. But there's a lot of basketball left, and the upsets will hurt a lot of at-large teams.

If you're a coach or a basketball player, your number one goal is to get to the state tournament. If we didn't do it, then Alma would have made it instead of us.

Gary Williams

If you're going to be a good basketball team you have to play every play. I preach that all the time. And I kind of coach that way to back up what I say.

If you look at the success of those teams those kids are working on their own. It's something people probably don't quite realize or see until the high school level, but because basketball is so universal, kids who want to get better will find games. Camps and tournaments are all over the place for kids who want to play.

If you just go by records and stats, it looks like we should be the final two. That makes it special. The traditions behind both schools makes it an interesting basketball game.

Mike Krzyzewski

If you just focus on J.J. and just watched him, you'd be shocked at the maze of things that he has to get through usually to get a shot. I think he's just evolved each year as a better basketball player, and the last two years he's made a year-round commitment to being in exceptional shape.

Cal Hubbard

If you commit six turnovers you should have won the basketball game.

Shane Battier

If you try to mess with the basketball gods, they punish you in the end. All the talk of massaging and losing games, that's not in our minds right now. We're trying to win every single game each time we step on the court. Wherever we are at the end of the year, hopefully we'll have some momentum and play well in the playoffs.

In the years prior to this year, we were playing our best basketball at the beginning of the year, and you don't really want to be doing that. So, we paced ourselves this year.

In the first half, we played the best basketball that we have played all year. We were really clicking on all cylinders. We were really psyched for this game.

In the first half we didn't take care of the basketball and it hurt us a little bit.