Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benny Parsons

While our drivers are probably not nearly in the physical condition of the NBA's All-Stars, the Daytona 500 is going to have 43 of the top drivers in the country, trained to drive at speeds in excess of 180 mph. Now that's intense! The NBA only has like 20 or 25 basketball players playing.

We were not in basketball form at the time. But I think we're now more confident with each other and understand where we're supposed to be at.

We were very lucky to pull the game out. It was the worst basketball that we've played all year long.

We don't play basketball to give up 65 percent shooting in a half. That's why we put ourselves in the hole. We didn't following our scouting.

Trent Johnson

We don't make that decision. The NIT is money generated and if the NIT powers say we want you to play at home, we will. ... But if it was my decision, I would like to take this basketball team on the road. Because we compete well at home, but for the guys that are returning next year we've got to fight through on the road.

When we played there a couple of years ago, I was really impressed with their fans because I felt like they were knowledgeable but not out of control. It didn't feel intimidating to me. It just felt like a great basketball game with good, appreciative fans. It was a different feeling than some places you go to.

Connor Barwin

When I went in, my guy was sitting in the paint. He wasn't even guarding me. That's the most disrespect I've seen on a basketball court.

We've just learned what to do since our freshman year and that's not to get excited and to execute when we need to. We just played Villanova basketball better than Louisville played Louisville basketball.

We've played in tough games ourselves and tough atmospheres. You've got to give credit to those (Vermont) guys and you've got to respect them, but at the same time, we're all basketball players and we've all been in hostile environments.

Gary Payton

We want to win basketball games, and not let our egos get in the way. Everybody on this team has, at one point, been a star or a starter or a bigger part of their team. ... We have to understand that we are talking about wins, not who is going to have the points.

We'd been working on going all the way through our offense. We tried to make the extra pass and we were able to get it to the right people.

We are really close to being an excellent basketball team. I think if you're both teams you want to play your best before the postseason. And Mattoon has typically had hard-nosed, fundamentally sound basketball teams.

We are playing with confidence. It is clicking right now. We are starting to understand how to control a basketball game, and we are jelling as a team at the right time. It is a nice feeling to see these kids play the way they have.

Jim Nelson

We are playing some good basketball right now, so we are looking forward to the playoffs.

Kenny Brown

We are playing pretty good basketball and this tournament will show how good we have become.

We are players, basketball players and we do a lot of things.

Kevin Young

We are on scholarship to play basketball. We're not on scholarship to go to journalism school and write papers. We're here to play basketball. It's like a job. You have a choice. You can either quit or keep playing and I hope everybody keeps playing.

To be where we're at is great. But we still have a lot of basketball to go. We sure would like to be where we're at. That's a good spot to be in. But our next challenge is Oregon State.

Vince Vaughn

I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.

Rebel Wilson

I was sporty in high school. I played tennis and hockey, and was basketball captain. Then I went to university and stopped doing sport and started eating ice cream.

Dave Grohl

I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.

We did this seven, eight months ago. We decided we wanted Clint Swan. He was at the top of our list... I don't want to introduce a new basketball coach for a long time.

Paul Dunn

We did the things that got us the big lead in the first quarter. The game of basketball is a game of runs and we had the final run. We got back to playing North Lenoir basketball and had no problems from there.

We don't have a lot to hang our hat on. We're economically deprived. Hey, I'm from Clay County. I know what basketball means here.

We didn't play team basketball on offense the entire game. We haven't been playing (team basketball) the last two games.

We are going to try and have all of our teams coached by Derby High School basketball players. Right now about two-thirds of our teams are coached by players.

We didn't deserve to win. That's how basketball is. If we fought hard those final shots would drop. If we merited to win, those final shots would drop. But they played a better game.

Angela Featherstone

The courts don't remove children from their home because the child underperformed at school or required extra long walks or a game of basketball in order to blow off the steam all 5-year-olds have. It's because the parents were unfit, not the kids.

We're like a family, us four. Brothers. It's not just basketball with us. We all hang out together. We come to practice together, we leave together, sort of do everything together. We include each other in everything we do.

We're leading in several categories but one thing is sure, we want to be the leading sports brand and if we want to lead in basketball then we need the NBA. With the NBA we have a new dimension.

Phil Jackson

We're not even going to discuss it. It's a basketball team and we've got to focus on what we need to do.

We set basketball back about 100 years in the first half. They shut down everything we tried to do and we shut down everything they tried to do. So in the second half, I played dumb. I told the kids to spread the floor, don't run any sets and just play basketball.

Chauncey Billups

We still have the best record in the league, but we're not playing the best basketball in the league right now. We have to get back to doing the things we were doing earlier in the season.