Quotes about basketball
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When he showed up here, he could just blast it. I've told many people this, but I've been coaching 38 years. He's the best basketball player I've ever had who can play without the ball.
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A man is as big as the measure of his thinking. Napoleon Hill
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We've got to try everything to get better and in a groove. I've seen flashes of real good basketball from Mark Blount. I think getting him in the starting lineup will give him a little bit more ownership, a little bit more opportunity to score early in the game. Dwane Casey
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We've got to treat this like a new season. The scary thing is, I don't think we've played our best basketball yet.
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We've got to take care of the basketball and take good shots. They just don't get it. Larry Brown
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We've got to have it. Anyway, anyhow. We're going to win this basketball game. Caron Butler
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We've epitomized the word 'inconsistent' for professional basketball.
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We've done so much this year already that why stop now? We actually got a gift from our administration and on the back of our shirt it says,'We're not finished yet.' (Even though) we are so excited to be here and at the NCAA tournament, you're not just satisfied with making the trip and staying at a nice hotel. You're down here for one reason and that's to win basketball games.
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We talk about the tradition of Georgia Tech basketball when we go out recruiting, and in some sense, I feel like I owe those guys something, ... Now, we've built on that tradition, and now here we are in the Final Four. Paul Hewitt
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We take the responsibility of representing United States basketball very seriously, Jay Wright
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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. Kelly Packard
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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.
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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. Chris Paul
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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.
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We thought we had it the whole way. The shots didn't fall. That's how basketball goes, I guess.
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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. Avery Johnson
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal. I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don't really have hobbies in the traditional sense... I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters. Alan Dean Foster
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Our guys showed a tremendous will to win. We had some tough times, but we kept believing, and our guys never doubted they were a good basketball team. Rick Barnes
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Our guys played perfect basketball over the last three minutes. The first game of a tournament is a little tougher, but we handled it. We got through it, and now we know we need to play a great 40 minutes for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament. Bob Thomason
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Our job is to get the kids ready physically and mentally, but emotionally as well. What you tell the kids is, 'It's just a basketball game.' You have to rely on all the time and effort you spent becoming the player that you are. It really comes down to that.
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Our guards have to handle the basketball better. I'm not sure what else I can talk about or say. We're going to have turnovers, that's a part of it the way we play and the pace we play. We certainly have to do a better job of valuing the ball. Tommy Amaker
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Our guards didn't try to do too much with the basketball.
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Over the course of time, student-athletes decide to leave the university for different reasons. All of those students are reflected in this report. With basketball only having 26 in its sample size, it doesn't take a whole lot of those kinds of incidents to lower that number.
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Our premise was to showcase some of the finest coaches in Westchester and have them teach these kids the kind of basketball they teach all year back home.
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Our post players just didn't come to play that game. We gave up like eight dunks or something.
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Our team played really well at Miami. I keep talking about how much better we're getting and I think a lot of that is just developing confidence and the consistency we have on the defensive end of the floor. We're beginning now to not only defend like we can, but also rebound the basketball extremely well and because of those two things, we're coming up with some easy transition buckets on the other end.
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Our team is definitely playing its best basketball right now. If you look over the course of the last eight games, we've really been playing great defensive team basketball. Ben Howland
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Our student section and our support have been great. Ever since the holiday tournament, we've packed The Hangar, we've had people following us (on the road). ... They've done a great job. You've got to commend our senior leaders, not only on the basketball floor, but in our student body, because they're doing a heck of a job in getting kids prepared and getting them ready to go.
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Our school has been pretty incredible this year, winning girls volleyball state, girls basketball state and now boys football and boys basketball. So that says a lot about the kids.
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Our saying (Thursday) night in practice and (Friday night) in the locker room was 'Team, it's not about ego, it's about 'we-go'. Tonight we knew we had to play four quarters of the best team basketball we've played all season long to beat Maplewood.
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Our focus coming in was execution on both the offensive and defensive ends. I'm very happy with our kids and how they played. This game helps us understand the level of basketball we need to play at this point in the season.
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Our goal all year was to get back. Our seniors set it in their mind that we were going back no matter what we had to do. We executed what we worked on all week in practice and we beat a great basketball team. We made up our minds what we were going to do and we did it.
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Our first concern is Allan's health, but we have the utmost confidence that having Jeff in place will enable us to move on without missing a beat, ... His experience has made him knowledgeable about every facet of basketball operations and I look forward to having him use that insight to put the best possible team on the floor.