Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Leon and I have talked a lot about his future and his options. He just had the best season of his basketball career, which is a credit to his work ethic and perseverance. I trust that Leon will ultimately make a great decision.

Lowell is a very, very good basketball team and they pushed us to the limit. Both teams played extremely well and I'm very happy with the way we hung in and executed at the end of the game.

Lorenzo will still be a valued member of our basketball family, and we will support him 100 percent in his desire to obtain his college degree.

Justin Young

Love is one of the top five players in the country, regardless of class. He's old-school, tough as nails and he's starting to extend his game out to the 3-point line. If you're a basketball purist, he's fun to watch.

Look, when we played Bellevue Christian the first time we got our doors blown off. I think we might be going the right direction at the right time. It would be great to play our best basketball in the state tournament.

Last year, we had (Brandon) McPherson and Donald (Cloutier) and Tyler (Morris). The year before we had Penny and Stefan Routt. These are guys that were awfully good basketball players. When you think of the Marion teams (that won three straight state titles in the '80s), it was all the same kids. They didn't have to make all the adjustments (from year to year).

Last year, we didn't have a whole lot of leadership from the seniors. I thought this year there's been a huge difference all the way through. We weren't playing very good basketball early in the year, and then throughout February into March we've been playing really, really solid basketball.

Juan Carlos

Many people who saw basketball as something distant, different from soccer, are coming around to the sport. It is becoming a national phenomenon.

Several people have told me this is the biggest on-campus sporting event in the history of the Capital District. It's the biggest game, obviously, that we've ever played in the history of the men's basketball program here.

LeBron James

So many great basketball players haven't won championships before, and they're still great. But that's what people judge you by.

Dawn Staley

She's taking care of the basketball. She's knocking down threes. The only thing she could do is just be a little more vocal. And if we can get that out of her, we'll probably be a better basketball team.

She's starting to get it back. It's not only the injury, it's being out of basketball for a year. It's a timing issue. But she's going to be really good, and we're excited about her.

She was able to build the visibility and credibility of the program and brought a lot to Hofstra. She left Hofstra women's basketball in better shape than when she found it, and for that we are grateful.

She was so animated. It seemed like she made basketball more fun.

Linda Howard

She was never more comfortable than when she was dribbling down a basketball court, looking for an opening.

She was calm. She's a great leader, and she's been here before. That's huge when you have the big game experience. We were ready to play. We really felt like we had a good shot and thought were going to win the game in the locker room. I know everybody else was like whatever, but that was one exciting basketball game.

She was an incredible basketball player, but her truest gifts were her personality and love for the other people that she was with. Her voice, especially her laugh, could be heard for a block, and believe me, she was hilarious.

She's thinking about it way too much. It's nice to be able to win games without her, and it really forces people into a situation where they have to bring their game up another level. I think that's the good part, because when we get Crystal back, maybe we'll even be a better basketball team because of it.

She's a tremendous basketball player. She's the whole deal. She has her body under control more than last year. We're undersized in the post and she was getting it (ball) in spots where we couldn't stop her.

She's an old-fashioned basketball player. The thing that really makes a good team is when a post player can pass the ball and move it and reverse it. Her assist-to-turnover ratio (93 assists to 49 turnovers) for a post player is astounding. It's like nothing I've ever seen.

She's really a complete basketball player. She'll shoot it in your face, and she can put it on the floor. And obviously she can get to the free-throw line.

She's probably the only kid I've ever had that didn't have any type of basketball skills at all. But she's just got that mentality that if I can't be the best I'm going to try so that I can be the best.

She's just a complete basketball player. She can do so many things.

She's in her seventh or eighth life as a basketball player.

Doris Burke

She's been the face of women's college basketball since I was a little girl.

She's been a leader in women's basketball for a long time. It's a close to a great era.