Famous Quotes & Sayings

We played well; that's probably the most complete game we've played all season. We moved the basketball extremely well and got good looks on offense. We played good defense, pretty solid all around. The team effort was unbelievable.

Derrick Rose

My mom is real passionate and a family-first woman. She always told me that just because I can shoot a basketball better than someone else, I shouldn't think that I'm better than them. I know if I change, my friends and family would lay me down. She just wants to see her kids do right.

Dave Gahan

Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.

Jimmy Smith

We had our chances. We just would get a run and then make mental mistakes. But (Clinton's) a well-coached basketball team with some good players.

We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little individual in the second half.

We had opportunities to win the game tonight, we just didn't capitalize. It wasn't one opportunity. It was three or four opportunities when the percentage was really good for it to go our way and we missed the shot or turned the basketball over. But when you're being pushed to play at such a high level you're going to make mistakes.

We had one of those nights in basketball where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game, and we couldn't really score ... we just couldn't score. I don't really want to say we played that horribly without giving Miami's defense credit, because they played pretty good. It was just one of those nights. It happens to you now and then in coaching, but give Miami's zone defense credit.

We have the utmost respect for Penn State. When you beat Texas Tech, you are a pretty good basketball team.

We were getting beat by scores like 126-9 and 117-11, so we were probably the worst basketball team in the state of Ohio and I wasn't good enough to start for that team. I figured it was time to try another sport.

We were so worried about Allan and getting back to the hotel and making sure he was OK. Then we spoke about it as a team. I don't think our confidence went down. We were just disappointed we did not play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

Tiara had an outstanding year for us. Her value to this team goes far beyond the basketball court.

Three out of our last four contests came down to the wire. That is why college basketball is the greatest sport in the world. You have to play every night.

Three of the teams have never played tennis before in their lives. I think we're going to get better cause they're pretty good athletes. Put a basketball in their hands and they'll do great. It's going to get better, though.

Trinity has a strong basketball tradition and an outstanding program. I think it's a team we can play with.

Trey played off the radar tonight. We've been waiting for a game like that from him. We knew we had it in him. He's proving to the world he's a pretty good basketball player.

Travis has been good for us academically, socially and basketball-wise. He's been a model student-athlete here.

Today's game give credit to Jackson, that was two tired basketball teams. We played as hard as we could play.

Jeremy Foley

Yeah we went on probation, but we made out all right. After all that talk of whether we were a basketball or football program, those girls in spandex made us proud. Florida was a true gymnastics school.

Chauncey Billups

Yeah, we play with a little extra incentive when we're here at our building. Our fans are the best fans in all of basketball and we want to give them a treat. We play with a little special chip when we're at home.

You know what it's like in basketball when a guy's hitting 3-pointers and can't miss? When you get in a zone? It doesn't happen very often, but we got fortunate.

When I first heard about it, I thought to myself, 'I don't want a chair that looks like a basketball goal.' This doesn't look like that. The pillows are really beautiful. I'm going to put them in my house.

When I first came, I expected to play, and it just didn't work out that way. I don't second guess my decision or question myself as far as coming here. I think this still is the best situation for me. There still is a lot of basketball left. We still have nine games, we still have the playoffs and you just never know when you'll be needed.

Jim Les

We needed to play our 'A' game tonight, and we didn't play our 'A' game. But that was because of what they did. That's a very good basketball team.

We have kids who love to play basketball and coaches who love to coach and in the overall scheme of things we need to figure out how to bring this together. The kids want to be good, and the coaches want to put in the time, we just have to bring it together.

We know they're a heck of a basketball team that will be ready to play us.

We know they play slow basketball and put a lot of pressure on you and keep it that way for 40 minutes. But I think we're going to be all right. We showed who's the boss over there at Washington State and (we'll try) to do the same thing.

Corey Brewer

You know, all year we've been talking about staying focused because that's what's going to get us to the Final Four. We were just telling each other we have to stay focused for two more minutes, we are going to Indianapolis. That's what we did. We are on the way to the Final Four.

James Jones

You know it's kind of hard to say from my side looking in. I think that coach Miller is a blank coach. Whether his relationship with the Penn basketball program is secure or not kind of remains to be seen.

We've been getting better and are playing our best basketball right now. Since Christmas, defensively, we've stepped it up a notch.

We've been gearing for that all year, to play our best basketball down the stretch, and hopefully we do.

Brian Keith

We get to do something we love, which is basketball. It's been fun, and we are looking forward to the trip. With that in mind, we know that if we want to be a state champion, we've got two more games to win.

Mike McConathy

We get hung up on basketball and winning games, but when you reflect back to that and you've lost everything, it makes you thankful for what you have. That is a life experience that has helped them grow as young men and as basketball players." ()

We gave up too many easy baskets tonight. That's what's frustrating about this team. We're not basketball intelligent right now.