Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Hughes

Whether you win by 30 or lose by two you just have to move on. What we did in Game 1 really doesn't mean anything if we come out and don't take care of what we are supposed to take care of in Game 2. That's pretty much the nature of it.

Whether you're playing a basketball game or a football game, everybody needs to play by the rules and in this case I don't believe the rules were followed.

Without a doubt, we're playing our best basketball right now. We have as much confidence now as any time this season.

O. J. Simpson

Yesterday we were well, I don't think we were quite mentally here to play basketball when we showed up. I guess we had too many distractions.

We're a great basketball team, and they thumped us pretty good. I think that's the team that's going to win the state championship.

We don't want to look too far ahead. But we do want to establish ourselves as a strong basketball program. We just don't what this to be a one-year thing.

We ended the season on a good little run and we're playing probably our best basketball now. Our defense is feeding our offense and it's much better basketball for us now that we're focusing on defense.

Ben Wallace

We dug a hole and had to fight to try and get back in the game. And when you play like that, sometimes it just bites you in the end -- when you play garbage basketball for the first 24 minutes.

Jim Calhoun

We really played our best basketball. It was one of the few games I can say you could just enjoy. It was just really a tremendous basketball game for us and hopefully it's a peek into what we're capable of. Seasons are really funny. But I think those things are good. We jump right now into a hot stove.

We really moved the basketball tonight. I liked our ball movement, our spacing, and we were very patient with the basketball.

We got beat by a much better basketball team today. They had a lot to do with how we played.

We got beat by a much better basketball team today. Albany has great pieces. They just have a lot of weapons.

Gary Blair

We got beat by a better basketball team tonight, we got beat by a better-coached basketball team tonight, and we got beat by a team that executed their half-court offense a whole lot better than we did.

We got beat by 20 last year. We got some quality kids here, they're gutsy, they're not all basketball players but they're gutsy. We'll be ready.

We got back to playing team basketball and believing we are a good basketball team. When we play as a team, we're giving ourselves the opportunity to win games.

We don't have a 20-point-a-night scorer. Our kids share the basketball and score by committee. Whoever is open shoots it, and we all have pretty good shooters, so that helps.

Jay Smith

We have some young guys who have played, so it's not like we don't have any experience. I like the energy, but it's the unknown that concerns you. Taking care of the basketball and rebounding are two things that could be problems for us.

We have some holes to fill, but we had kids who learned how to play basketball at the varsity level and that will help us next season.

We have some guys who understand what it takes. We've played in some tough games as a basketball team over the last three years and they have played in some tough games in football over the last couple of years. They understand what it takes.

We have some good basketball teams coming in throughout the three days. I'm pleased with who all is coming. There should be some great basketball being played.

We have some fabulous freshman on this team. They've played a lot of basketball and have a lot of confidence right now.

It doesn't matter who we play. We're just going to go out and play Carolina basketball. If it's Maryland, we play Maryland. If it's Duke, we play Duke. It doesn't matter.

I tell our players all the time to be grateful for the support this community gives us. It's unbelievable. There are a lot of basketball players in this state that would love to play for these fans.

I tell kids, I'm not going to coach you like a 'mid-major' basketball player. You're going to be coached like Indiana when I was there.

I tell the kids all the time basketball is a game of runs. We made our run to get back in it. They made a run to take control of the game again. The game is a bunch of runs and a bunch of stops. The team that gets the most of those is the team that wins the game. Unfortunately it wasn't us tonight.

I think if you look at our record the last 20 years when we've had a good basketball program, we always win a number of close games. That's the type of players we've had.

Jim Calhoun

I think Indiana is a very good basketball team. I just think there were moments and minutes in that game where we were pretty special. It didn't matter who we were playing because we blocked everything, we ran out and we made good decisions. I'm very proud of my basketball team today.

Allen Iverson

I think I'm getting better as a basketball player.

Steve Francis

I study basketball a lot, so things like that are significant to me. I'll keep that ball, send it to my house.

Dwane Casey

I think he's making his best basketball play. I don't think he's being too unselfish. If somebody has a better shot than you, you've got to make the play.

David Stern

I think he's living up to those expectations and doing better than a lot of people thought he would, the so-called basketball experts.

I think he's having an outstanding season. He came back to Barton a lot better basketball player. He had a good year for us last year, but, now, he's having a great year. He's making great strides, and it's showing.

I think he's very well prepared because of the fact that he played earlier. Having been a starter as a freshman in basketball and football, it prepared him to play with (older) guys. He's not intimidated.