Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wiggins is the real deal. She's the Vince Young of women's basketball.

Ben Wallace

Whoever wins this is the world real basketball champion.

Jason Chaffetz

When Steny Hoyer brings up a resolution to support and recognize the University of Maryland men's basketball team - I'm not making this up - before we even had March madness, then you just know that it's just political favoritism.

We just want to play great basketball. We still have work to do, but this is a fun team to coach.

We have only lost to two teams in the region. I think we are playing our best basketball right now.

We just came up short. We can't hang our heads. That's a great basketball team.

We intend to have a good basketball team next year and I feel confident that we will. We've developed the unity and spirit it's going to take to move the program to the next level.

You just knew Thurston was going to come back. Even at 18-2, I knew it was going to be something like this. That's what playoff basketball is.

You just kind of get out there and don't even think about it. You're just playing basketball. We've all played basketball at some level at every point in our lives. You're just out there trying to execute.

Billy Donovan

You just don't see a lot of players like Glen Davis in college basketball.

Amy Stephens

You can call me a disciplinarian, but I like to think we brought high expectations to the basketball program in terms of the work ethic, in terms of our vision for the program.

Billy Donovan

The 3-point line is a great equalizer in college basketball.

The 2006 March Madness just might be remembered for the 'boss button' that gives workers a way to quickly hide their basketball indiscretions.

That was good stuff. It was a great crowd and that's what high school basketball is all about.

That was a very good game. It was a good way to end a back-and-forth game. It was a fun high school basketball game.

That was a total team effort. And finally, we played our kind of basketball for a full game.

That was the most intense and best played quarter of basketball we've played all season.

That would be like having Duke and North Carolina here in college basketball in the same week. We're proud of the fact that those clubs will come over here and play us, and it says we're going in the right direction.

That would be great. I'd love to come back here and play them again. This is a great place to play basketball and it's always a big game when you play Edwardsville.

That was very important. It was huge for our basketball team, being so young, to go in with the lead.

That was too close for comfort, ... That was most definitely the biggest shot for me as a professional basketball player.

That was the first time all year I've had to get in my kids' faces about effort. To their credit, they responded. But we needed three quarters of great basketball after that, and we didn't get it.

That was the difference in the basketball game.

That was the best first half of basketball we have played all season tonight. Defensively we did a really good job of containing both Leon and Williams, not letting them hurt us with their outside shooting. But the big key I felt was holding Windham to just one shot with our rebounding, as both Derek Ward and Mark Redding had strong games inside.

That was really a war out there, it really was. Those were two excellent basketball teams. We just had to battle, battle, battle.

That was a lot of fun. That's how we want to play basketball here. Now we need to find a way to carry that over to all four quarters of a game.

John Calipari

That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee . They played exactly like they needed to play. They are executing how they want to play. They got it inside when they needed to get a couple of baskets.

John Calipari

That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee.

Aaron Brooks

That was a great rebound. His basketball IQ is great. That was one where we knew we had the game.

That was a great high school basketball game. If you weren't here, I'm sorry you missed it.

That was a great college basketball game. You can't walk out of this coliseum with your head down. You've got to be able to walk out proud.

Jay Wright

That was a great college basketball game. We were very fortunate to get out of here with the win.

That was a great college basketball game there. Great environment. I told our guys, 'You live for opportunities like this, to have a chance to play in an environment and championship, the right to play in one of the most prestigious sporting events of all time, the NCAA basketball tournament.