Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Brady

That first 20 minutes was as good as I've had a team play. We looked like a real basketball team for 20 minutes.

Kobe Bryant

That felt good. That's basketball. That's how basketball was in the '80s. You see Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson standing, talking in the tunnel, and that's basketball.

John Calipari

My stars were stars. They are skilled basketball players, and there's a lot of them, which makes it kind of nice.

My son will never serve his time. He will never get out of the boot camp, never get the chance to turn his life around, and never see his dream of becoming a basketball player.

My son and Marty's son (assistant coach Marty Luc) come to every practice. My son Tommy is 9 and Marty's son L.J. is 7. They can't come on the court until their homework is done. Sometimes, when we have a late practice I'll walk into my office and our players will be helping them with their homework. When we went on a trip to Pennsylvania over the holidays, our players would play with the kids in the pool or take them to the mall. Most high school kids don't want to deal with that, but this group is special. My son's favorite basketball player of all time is Desmond Wade.

My sisters were really good basketball players. A lot of time when I needed to talk to somebody, I could talk to my sisters. I wanted to follow in their footsteps, but I also wanted to do my own thing, too.

Steve Alford

My only focus is on our team. All my efforts and passion and enthusiasm are on this Hawkeye basketball team.

Nah. I'm not looking to do that. I'm keeping the same perception.

My wife says the word fan is short for fanatic. But it's just that I love basketball and baseball, sports which promote both good exercise and teamwork.

My priorities are family first, work second and basketball third. I really care about the program and I really love the school and I will do whatever I can for the team. But I know that dedicating that many hours a day and in a week will just be impossible.

Rick Barnes

Look at Oklahoma. They start three seniors. They're a good basketball team. If people thought they were just going to go away, they (were wrong). You don't get ranked in the top five in the preseason if you don't have a good basketball team.

Jay Wright

Look at Kyle missing the first semester and coming back and being able to play because of his basketball IQ. Shane has not been on campus the whole first semester, and has been able to come in and pick things up rather quickly.

Let me say this about him. He might be the most intelligent kid on the team in terms of basketball. He's got great basketball sense. He's got a great basketball IQ.

Matt is more than just a good basketball player. He is the consummate professional who places his team first and gives a total effort every night.

Eric Davis

Matt is a very confident basketball player. He wants to be great.

Matt has been good for us all year defensively. We chart deflections and Matt has led us in deflections all year. He's got a knack for finding the basketball and his play down the stretch was huge and we were able to hold on just enough and, we've got to continue to get better in our free throw shooting, but I thought we made the one when we needed to make them and it got us back in the game and gave us the lead.

Marcus was probably our team MVP tonight. He's really matured as a basketball player and just continues to get better. Obviously, that's something you like to see as a coach, and it helps build momentum for us as a basketball team.

Marshall is playing his best basketball the last two games. He has been really good for us and hit for double figures in both games. He will help from an offensive standpoint.

Bobby Knight

Marsha has done a great job with her teams over her entire career at Texas Tech. Her teams have set a very high standard on how the game of basketball should be played.

Byron Scott

Like I told the guys, that's a good basketball team. We hung in there, we kept fighting, but that is no consolation. We still have to learn how to get over the hump.

Allen Collins

Little by little, it took flight. Basketball is a game of rhythm and flow, and it took some time to get them all on the same page and figure out what they could do.

Kobe Bryant

I was very familiar with him and Eddie (Jones) and Rick Brunson. I just know what he's about. He's a steady basketball player, rarely makes mistakes on the floor.

Kobe Bryant

I was very familiar with him and Eddie (Jones) and Rick Brunson, ... I just know what he's about. He's a steady basketball player, rarely makes mistakes on the floor.

I was happy with the progress of the team in the last six weeks. We played solid basketball, but tonight wasn't one of our better games.

I was extremely happy with the guys tonight. That is a really good basketball team to hold to just 30 points. Every goal that we had coming into tonight we were able to meet.

I was impressed with the way the girls played. We are a young team and record wise have not had a stellar season. Our goals are to be able to start scoring and be able to play good basketball in March.

It feels really good to finally pull out a win. I've played basketball since I was 6, and this has been the most frustrating season.

It feels like we played seven league games. It was a great college basketball game. We gave ourselves a chance to win, but Pitt made plays when they had to.

I still hold out hope, but it's going to be hard for somebody out of nowhere to get to the Final Four. Every state university cares about women's basketball now. The edge we had once is gone.

I still say, to have a good basketball team, you need to have at least three guys a night in double digits, if not four. There's no question that (Shanahan is) a key to our success, but so are the other guys on the floor.

I think our team will be better, ... I rely on the coach and GM for that and they're jazzed. The team is going to be a little different. The thing people need to remember is we've got some pretty smart people in the basketball organization and they're looking for the same thing everyone else wants.

I think she's a wonderful person. I think her basketball knowledge and relationship with the girls was outstanding.

I think putting four kids in double figures tonight really shows were growing as a basketball team and that's an encouraging sign.