Quotes about basketball
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It's real special when two teams bring everything they have to a championship basketball game. Both teams played exceptional defense, and this one feels good.
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Smalley destroyed us inside. He's a good basketball player with a good feel down in the post. He jumps out of the gym.
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At the end of the season, (university president) Dr. (Charles) Dougherty and I will take a look at where we are and where we stand for the future. ... We need to put an established product and winner on the men's basketball court.
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That's every team's dream, to get to the Final Four and win the national championship. Just the excitement, the atmosphere. That's what you play college basketball for. Taurean Green
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That's every player's dream, to get to the Final Four. That's what you play college basketball for. We have an opportunity to get there, but we have to play a good team first.
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That's a great basketball team. They're spectacular. They're senior-laden, well-coached - a very, very powerful team. Lisa Stone
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That might have been the worst half of basketball we've played.
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That's a pretty good basketball team. We were very fortunate to win, especially away from home. I thought everyone stepped up tonight with Griffin hurt.
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That's a pretty good basketball team we beat tonight. Their quickness I thought gave us some problems. But give our kids credit. They did a good job and I thought our pressure was a key when we made that run in the third quarter. Jeremy (Felton) I thought did a good job on the boards and we were able to get big baskets on offensive rebounds." ()
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That's college basketball. I just told them they needed to finish the game. An 18-point lead is nothing that can't be overcome and in February you expect teams to play hard. Rick Barnes
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That's Brittany as a basketball player. She goes out and does everything. She's not usually our leading scorer, but if you want somebody to make a big defensive play or get a steal, that's what she does.
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The kids stuck with it, they bonded it at the right time and we played our best basketball in the sectional.
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The kids played hard. As a coach, that's what you want to happen. We hit some shots (early), forced some turnovers. But they're a good basketball team. They're not here for no reason. They did a good job coming back.
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The kids never quit and they continued to battle. Basketball is a game of momentum and I just feel the clock just ran out on us. We didn't get a chance to get that momentum back again.
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With him in the ballgame, we are a different basketball team. We have a place to go inside to get some baskets and rebounds and he alters shots.
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With seven new players, we're never going to have an experienced lineup. This is who we are. We're a very young and inexperienced basketball team. But they're willing to play hard. Rick Pitino
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You guys forget I was a pretty good basketball player. They offered me a college scholarship in that, too. Joe Montana
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You have to give credit to Dallas, they came up with a great game plan in the second half to speed the game up and get the momentum down in there place. They came in here and tried to do the same thing, but because we learned from our prior mistakes. We were able to move the basketball and get some good looks. Damon Jones
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We always know the follow-up of an emotional win or loss is critical. We certainly know there's a lot of basketball to be played, and the focus for us is to stay in the hunt for the conference title. Tommy Amaker
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This year he played all five positions at one time or another. He's just a tremendous 1-A basketball player. He's versatile. He can finish around the basket and handle the ball. He's as fundamentally sound a player as I've ever coached.
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When you look at what we trot out there and you look at our physical stature you'd think, well, I don't know. But we do play awfully well together and we've got some basketball skills; we can pass it, we can shoot it and we try to guard you. When you've won 21 ballgames in January, you've got to be a pretty good team.
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What we are most proud of is these young guys really wanted to be part of the U.S. basketball team. They didn't care who was the leading scorer. That's unique these days. Jay Wright
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We've really had a rough couple of months of basketball and it's been tough and draining. I'm very proud of the girls because they've persevered. They've come out ready to play every night and they haven't had a letdown.
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We've probably played more basketball as a whole, than any team around.
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We've probably had five complete games all year. I truly expect, though - and I hope it happens, and it needs to happen - for us to have a bust-out game where we put together a lot of longer stretches of the kind of basketball I think we are capable of. Jim Calhoun
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What happened is significant in basketball in the state of Florida, is significant to the University of Florida. To be a part of it, as I am, I'll remember this for the rest of my life. I'll remember these 10 years, in terms of trying to build things and create a level of consistency. Billy Donovan
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What are they, 6-9 in the conference? They could easily be 9-6 or 10-5. They are a good basketball team. Jim (Wooldridge) has done a great job with them and it will be a very difficult game for us. Bill Self
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What they are is a good basketball team. Not too fancy. Just a good basketball team.
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We're 'pesky'; I love that word that's being used for our basketball team. As a university, too, we're annoying, like George Mason was. We're aggressive. We go by the rules but we don't do it the way it's always been done.
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We talk more basketball (because) we go home from practice together. I just wanted to make him proud of the way I was playing.
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We talked to the kids before this week started that we wanted to end the season playing good basketball. The kids responded to that. You want to be playing your best basketball this time of year. It has been a roller-coaster year but now is a good time to peak. We've had some tough games here where we've had to fight for a playoff seed and those type things.
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Thursday's game was a difficult game to coach and endure. Today's was not. It was the best 40 minutes of basketball we've played since Washington State (on Jan. 21). There's an enthusiastic locker room that is excited about practicing on Monday. From those things, I'm pleased today. John Jay
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Through the winter months, during basketball season, he found time to get to the weight room and to work on his throwing. There are things like that he took the initiative to do and it all pays off. We're hoping it pays off come state time.