Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Anderson

Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach.

Chris Walker

Six months of basketball for this opportunity. You can't even put words on how it feels.

Since she and coach (Bert) McLaughlin got there, they have been a basketball program. Before, you never had to scout them. In the last four years, they have turned into a force you had to worry about. She showed the way for the rest of them.

Sir-Lee was the difference. When he gets hot shooting the basketball like that, he's an awfully good basketball player.

She's a hard worker. She's playing basketball all the time. I see great things coming from her next year. Next year the challenge is that they will be keying on her.

She's a great player. She's a great basketball player, too.

She's a great kid. She played an important role for us. She'll still play a role, it just won't be with the basketball in her hands on the floor. It's really unfortunate.

She's a competitor - been a basketball player herself. So we don't do anything competitive with cards or monopoly or anything. We just watch movies or watch a ballgame. We keep it like that. We've had our wars before on different things. So we decided it's best we don't do it anymore.

She is going to be a very, very good basketball player.

She is going there to impress an employer. As a professional basketball player, your responsibility is your body, your health and your play. It is somewhat of a job in college when you're on scholarship but even more so at the next level.

She is a very talented basketball player and I don't have a problem with her taking that many shots because in this game it won't go unless you throw it up there, but we just need to make sure when we have a good shot and when we don't.

She really just joined us and has been a nice surprise. She's a basketball player but proved today that she can play softball too.

She knows the game of basketball probably better than any kid I've ever coached. She's a leader on the floor.

She is so basketball savvy on her own. She does so many things on the floor, she is just that smart.

She moved so well without the basketball tonight and you have to compliment our girls because they did a great job looking for her. I?m just thankful the girls did a great job of executing the plays and setting screens for her and getting her a lot of open looks.

She might be a freshman in class but not on the basketball floor. She plays with the same intensity that any upperclassmen does.

She helped me keep things in perspective - on a more even keel, ... She made me understand that basketball was a small part of what we have going.

Most of the time, when we play, the other teams have better athletes, but our players understand if we go out and play fundamental basketball we have a chance to win.

Mike's a better perimeter shooter than Tim. Tim might be the best leader I've ever coached. But they both play the same position and have great knowledge of the game. Mike's kind of old-school. He's a basketball player. He has long arms, a good jump hook, good fakes inside and a knack around the basket.

Mike Perry is a well-respected coach who has brought and will continue to bring distinction to Georgia State's men's basketball program. We look forward to him being with the program for many years to come.

(Missouri State is) too good of a basketball team to have the turnovers we had. Missouri State is big, they're good, and we just need to take care of our opportunities. We let too many of them slip away.

We have had to redefine some roles. At the same time we wanted to make sure they didn't to do anything special. Every time they touch the basketball they have to make sure to make the right decision. It puts more pressure on every possession.

Brian McKnight

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

Antoine Walker

Because there are no fours.

Barbara Kingsolver

Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.

We're looking to make Cyclone basketball the center of the state, the Midwest and the NCAA.

Jamal Crawford

We're having a lot of fun playing basketball now. When you win it's always fun, but it's the way we're winning.

We're happy about the win. But nobody is walking out of here thinking that's what Marquette basketball is all about.

This puts us on the youth basketball map. There's all-star games, but this is the all-star game. It's the one everybody knows. There's lots of All-America teams, but when you say McDonald's All American, that's special. That game and those kids, to be playing here in San Diego, we're the basketball capital of the world for three or four days.

There are things that are more important than just a basketball game, and there's no way our team wouldn't go to that wake.

Carlos Arroyo

We're playing our best basketball right now. We're playing together. That's the main thing.

We're playing our best basketball right now. But we haven't peaked yet.

We're playing our best basketball right now. But the moment of truth is the playoffs.