Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jay Wright

We take the responsibility of representing United States basketball very seriously,

Kelly Packard

We suffered three losses early in the season when we were injured and just not playing as a team. We've obviously played much better basketball since then.

We told them at halftime to keep plugging away. Our second quarter was just awful. I saw a couple pouts out there and I told them to turn those frowns into smiles and pick it up and play basketball like we know how to play it.

Chris Paul

We told our kids that anything's possible. I'd be lying to you if I looked you in the eye and said we were going to come out here and beat Purdue. That's a great basketball team we just played.

We threw a few guys at (Lucas) trying to keep fresh legs, and there were a couple of times we tried to run a play at him to get him to give the basketball up and then try to not let him get it back if we could. But he seemed to get it back a little bit more than we wanted.

We thought we had it the whole way. The shots didn't fall. That's how basketball goes, I guess.

Avery Johnson

We thought we got our defense under us in the first half and kind of set the tone for the rest of the game. We had a little lull defensively in the third quarter, but they're a very good offensive basketball team and they weren't going to come out of the locker room lying down.

Hitting the glass is really what won the basketball game tonight. We hit some clutch shots in that run, but what was really key for us in that second quarter was getting second shot opportunities.

Hollywood and entertainment people are in Las Vegas on a regular basis. Sports stars and legends from all sports are in our town, and now you bring in the best basketball there is in the world, the NBA All-Star game. Combine that with their legends, it is going to be a tremendous weekend for all the participants.

He's a thinker in all accounts. He's a guy that's made solid decisions in his life, and he has a great future, whether it's basketball or otherwise.

He's a very skilled basketball player, very talented. He's definitely going to make some money someday. Credit to him, credit to their team.

He's getting more confident. He's only a sophomore. He played basketball as a freshman, but wasn't an option even on the freshman team. Now he's our go-to guy.

Gregg Popovich

He's been playing All-Star basketball the entire year. His maturity is really showing. He's always aggressive.

He's been one of our steady, dependable players over the last three years. He's one of the leaders in our locker room because he is a longtime veteran. Those things you're going to miss, but the important thing right now is that he makes a full recovery relative to basketball and day-to-day living.

He's been making plays for them all year. He's a really, really good player. I thought we did a good job in the first quarter, but we dug a hole for ourselves in the second quarter and couldn't get out of it. They had a lot to do with it. They're a mighty fine basketball team.

Rick Carlisle

He's been a major key in this series.

He's doing fine. He likes being in this country, and he's getting used to playing basketball in this country.

Hopefully we'll be busy playing a lot of basketball.

Hopefully we can play our best basketball next week.

Sheryl Swoopes

Hopefully, this will not have a negative effect on the W.N.B.A., ... Me coming out does not change what the W.N.B.A. stands for as a basketball league. I don't think there's any secret that the huge support we get comes from the gay and lesbian community. It's unfortunate that people, and those not only in W.N.B.A., are not able to feel like they can be who they are. They lose endorsements; they lose friends and family.

Jim Calhoun

Hopefully, they'll learn if they truly, truly want to be UConn basketball players and represent the state, represent themselves and our team. Give me that opportunity.

The ranking early was nice, but it ended up hurting us a little bit because our kids thought they were the No. 1 team and didn't realize how hard they were going to have to work to win basketball games.

James Jones

There aren't any No. 1 options on this team. It's the first good look or good basketball play you see.

When he didn't want to do the 6 a.m. run that was a pretty good indicator he didn't want to play basketball any more at Duquesne University.

When they're breaking for basketball games, ... you know that it's not (going) too, too badly.

The chances of there being transmissibility by blood to blood contact on a basketball court is so infinitesimally small that it is something that shouldn't influence a decision whether someone would come back or not.

Paul Hewitt

We may not have one name that people can latch on to, so we're somewhat nondescript. But this has been an excellent basketball team the whole season.

We may not have had any home games, but we were going to show people what Patriots basketball was all about. That was just Rip's attitude.

Carmelo Anthony

We match up with them pretty good, despite how the record turned out when we played them throughout the season. I look forward to playing the Clippers. Playoff basketball is a lot of excitement. It's going to be fun, especially in L.A.

We managed to hold onto the basketball and do what we had to do to get the win. It was a big win for our kids. It's nice to have played well and be rewarded for our efforts.

We look at it as a tremendous challenge, an opportunity to play one of the great programs in college basketball and see where we stack up.

We lost to the better basketball team. We'd like to see Rice win the whole thing because we lost to them.

Paul Draper

We lost to Craig twice. Once by one (point) and once in overtime. We haven't beat them in forever. They are serious about basketball over there.